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Philippine Foreign Minister Perfecto Yasay told the United Nations on Saturday his country's new president, Rodrigo Duterte, had an "unprecedented" mandate and the world should not interfere in his crackdown on crime. Addressing the annual U.N. General Assembly, Yasay said the Duterte government was "determined to free the Philippines from corrupt and other stagnating practices, including the manufacture, distribution and use of illicit drugs.

Curfew was lifted from all parts of Kashmir on Sunday but restrictions on assembly of people remained in force in most areas as a precautionary measures.

The bill, which was tabled in Parliament on August 11, seeks to give citizenship rights to persecuted religious minorities from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan.

The new tourist route ‘Great Silk Road’ starts in Dagestan

GENEVA — Swiss voters are casting ballots to decide whether to grant new powers to Switzerland’s intelligence services like tracking internet activity, snooping on email boxes and tapping phones to better fight spies, criminal hackers and violent extremists. A new intelligence law, plus pension reforms and environmental policy, are the three issues being considered in

The body count under Gauteng Heath MEC Qedani Mahlangu's watch is staggering, and continues to climb, writes Don Makatile.

A century ago this winter, Ruth Cruger walked away from her family’s apartment with a pair of ice skates dangling over her shoulder.

GENEVA (AP) — Swiss voters are casting ballots to decide whether to grant new powers to Switzerland's intelligence services like tracking internet activity, snooping on email boxes and tapping phones to better fight spies, criminal hackers and violent extremists.

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, who is seeking to shore up support among black voters, has stumbled over the name of the new Washington museum on African American history. The new museum is a "really beautiful place," Trump told thousands of supporters in Roanoke, Virginia, on Saturday. In fact, the long-awaited institution, which opened Saturday amid fresh racial strife in the country, is called the National Museum of African American History and Culture.

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On Sept. 25, 1934, District Attorney Samuel Foley announced that the case against Bruno Hauptmann for the Lindbergh kidnapping was ironclad, and that "final proof" had been found.

The very first edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest took place in 2003. Many of the participants and former winners are now eligible to participate in the adult version of the event, the Eurovision Song Contest. Today we look back at some of the cross-over stars that have emerged from Junior Eurovision.

The Spaniard, normally a midfielder, has impressed as a right-back so far this season but the Barcelona head coach insists he could find himself changing positions again

Bezbaroa, who received the Sahitya Academy and is known as one of the makers of modern Indian literaturem built the house near Kacheri Chowk in Sambalpur in 1924 while working for a timber company called 'Bird'.

He went to Wee Waa to ride horses and become a fair dinkum bush lawyer. He didn't move to Wee Waa to land smack bang in the middle of Australia's most public debate about mass DNA testing.

Slamming Pakistan, BJP president Amit Shah on Sunday in Kozhikode said that Kashmir is ours and no one should dream of taking it from India.

Apollo Hospitals (Unit International Hospital) on Saturday began a week-long awareness programme to observe World Heart Day on Thursday.

As the Western Bulldogs come down from the euphoria of breaking their grand final drought, Sydney star Luke Parker says the Swans did not handle the week well in 2014 and it played a part in their horrible performance against Hawthorn.

Pakistan had won the first match -- also in Dubai -- by nine wickets on Friday.

The special drive aims to accelerate access to high-quality family planning choices and will be implemented in one go, a statement issued by the ministry said.

A proposal to shed guards on new intercity trains highlights an increasing automation of the state's rail network.

The finals is a time when heroes are born and legends are made. But as this list illustrates, the month of September isn't always full of feel-good stories.

What if, and that is a big if, the plan all along was to convince us blacks that we had political power when we did not, writes Dumisani Hlophe.

The northeast and the east of the country are likely to receive 'above normal' rainfall in what remains of September.

(AP) — Authorities arrested a suspect Saturday evening in in the slayings of five people in the makeup department of a Macy's store at a mall north of Seattle. About 10 minutes later, he appeared on surveillance video with a rifle and started shooting in the makeup department of the Macy's store. Maria Elena Vasquez attended a community gathering Saturday, and she said she was nervous about taking her 7-year-old daughter to her soccer game. The identities of the victims — four women who ranged in age from a teenager to a senior citizen ... Читать дальше...