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The Chinese government is donating 800-thousand US dollars as emergency humanitarian aid to Zimbabwe in the wake of Cyclone Idai. Chinese ambassador to Zimbabwe, Guo Shaochun, says the 800-thousand US…

Kazakhstan's capital city Astana has been renamed Nur-sultan after the country's new President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev signed a decree on the renaming in honor of his predecessor Nursultan Nazarbayev. The decree…

U.S. President Donald Trump claimed Saturday the "liberation" of all territory controlled by the Islamic State (IS) in Syria and Iraq, while vowing to remain vigilant until "it is finally…

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will leave on Saturday night for Washington to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump. The two leaders are scheduled to meet on Monday at the…

U.S. Attorney General William Barr will not send his summary of special counsel Robert Mueller's report to Congress on Saturday, according to multiple media reports. Media reports were quoting a…

A teenager who survived the Parkland school shooting in Florida has killed herself while struggling with survivors' guilt, local media reported Friday. Sydney Aiello, 19, was a student at Marjory…

Thai voters flock to polling stations across the country on Sunday for the country's first general election since the 2014 coup. Eligible voters have been lining up at polling station…

A cruise ship that broke down in rough seas off the Norwegian coast with some 1,300 passengers and crew on board has restarted three of its four engines and will…

The U.S. Department of the Treasury on Friday slapped sanctions on Venezuelan Economic and Social Development Bank (BANDES) and on four other financial institutions BANDES owns or controls, over an…

A painting at a Connecticut museum that has long been thought to be by Vincent Van Gogh has been authenticated as such by Dutch researchers. The Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford…