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An explosion and fire at an Illinois silicone factory claimed a second victim Saturday when an employee taken to a hospital after the blast died, a local coroner confirmed, and…

South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha on Saturday had telephone talks with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo over the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)'s launch of short-range projectiles,…

A U.S. commercial jet with more than 130 people on board on Friday slid into a river in the U.S. state of Florida, a local mayor said, adding that all…

European heads of government, ministers, commissioners and political experts gathered in Florence, Italy, for the 9th annual State of the Union conference on Friday. Titled "21st-century Democracy in Europe", the…

Palestinian military factions on Saturday fired a number of rockets at Israel, Palestinian security sources said. The security sources told Xinhua that successive explosions were heard in Gaza. The Israeli…

Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn was officially crowned Saturday in an elaborate centuries-old royal tradition that last happened seven decades ago. The coronation represents a renewal of the monarchy's power after…

U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday expressed "confidence" in an ultimate "deal" with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), despite reports that Pyongyang fired projectiles. Trump tweeted on Saturday…

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump on Friday discussed the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue and the situation in Venezuela during a phone talk, the Kremlin said.…

The 180-day waivers from Nov. 4 last year for some importers of Iran's oil formally expired on Thursday, announced by the White House before, which ratcheted up impacts of tough…

After the successful unloading of the first crude oil shipment on Thursday night, the oil refinery and petrochemical plant at Pulau Muara Besar (PMB), the biggest joint venture between China…