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  Peshawar, Pakistan - A gunfight between two Pakistani tribes over disputed mountain territory close to the Afghan border on Saturday left at least...

  Beijing - China's defence ministry said on Saturday that a US report on its military which accused Beijing of ramping up land reclamation...

  Kabul - The Afghan Taliban, condemned for their misogynistic ideology, were surprisingly open with female delegates who attended peace talks in Qatar, pledging...

  Ankara - Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has rejected claims that Ankara is preparing to intervene militarily in neighbouring Syria, local media reported...

  Abepura, Indonesia - Indonesian President Joko Widodo insisted Saturday that the death penalty was "positive" for his country after the execution of seven...

  Baghdad - A car bomb blast targeting Shiite pilgrims on an annual march to a Baghdad shrine killed at least seven people Saturday...

    Shanghai - A former Chinese official accused of corruption who fled overseas returned home on Saturday after being forcefully repatriated from Singapore, state...

  Abepura, Indonesia - Indonesian President Joko Widodo said Saturday decades-long reporting restrictions for foreign journalists in Papua would be lifted and ordered the...

  Bangkok - Nearly 200 migrants have been detained in a single southern Thai province ever since a network of jungle prison camps run...

  Sanaa - The Saudi-led coalition bombed the Yemeni capital's airport and the Shia rebels' northern stronghold on Saturday just hours after proposing a...

  Cairo - Militants shot dead three Egyptian policeman and a retired officer in separate attacks in the capital of North Sinai, security officials...

  Baghdad - Six guards and 30 detainees were killed in a prison break north of the Iraqi capital during which 40 inmates escaped,...

  Raipur, India - Indian Maoist rebels took 250 villagers hostage in restive Chhattisgarh just hours before Prime Minister Narendra Modi toured the central...

  Kinshasa - At least seven bodies have been found in an eastern region of Democratic Republic of Congo where a series of massacres...

  kumanovo, Macedonia - Four policemen in Macedonia were injured on Saturday, three seriously, in clashes with gunmen in a region where ethnic Albanian...

  Port Elizabeth, South Africa - South Africa's official opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) party was expected to elect its first black leader at a...

  Madrid - An Airbus A400M military transport plane carrying "eight to 10" people crashed near Seville in southern Spain on Saturday while apparently...

  Jerusalem - The European Union on Saturday added to United States and Palestinian criticism over Israeli plans to build 900 settler homes in...