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Israel's attempt at a moon landing failed at the last minute on Thursday when the craft suffered an engine failure as it prepared to land and apparently crashed onto the…

  It was a far cry from "I love WikiLeaks!" U.S. President Donald Trump declared on Thursday that "I know nothing about WikiLeaks" after its disheveled founder Julian Assange was…

  SpaceX carried out its first commercial launch on Thursday with its Falcon Heavy rocket easing a Saudi telecoms satellite into orbit. The bright white rocket rose with a roar…

Official results of Israel's elections were published on Thursday night, showing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's party has beaten the main rival, the Blue and White party. The results were released…

Sudan's defence minister was sworn in Thursday as chief of the new military council that replaced president Omar al-Bashir hours after the army ousted the veteran leader, state television reported.…

By Liu Kecheng Source:Global Times Liu Kecheng Photo: Courtesy of Liu Kecheng Illustration: Luo Xuan/GT This week has seen China and the EU come together at a landmark summit that…

Police in London say they've arrested WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange at the Ecuadorean embassy on a court warrant dating back to 2012. In a statement Thursday, police said Assange has…

Attacks on police dogs and horses became a criminal offence in Britain Wednesday after Queen Elizabeth gave Royal assent to a new law. The new law was inspired by a…

Sanctions against the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) should not impact humanitarian aid to the country as per relevant Security Council resolutions, said a Chinese envoy on Wednesday. Wu…

Fossil bones and teeth found in the Philippines have revealed a long-lost cousin of modern people, which evidently lived around the time our own species was spreading from Africa to…