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Washington condemns Turkey wedding bombing

WASWHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- The United States on Sunday blasted the "heinous" suicide bombing that killed 51 people in…

Rio 2016 Olympic Games draws to a close

   (REUTERS)  The closing ceremony of the 2016 Rio Olympic Games brings the curtain down on 16 days of spectacular…

Hundreds swelter in Hong Kong protests at perceived election meddling

  (Reuters)  Hundreds of protesters rallied on Sunday against Hong Kong's disqualification of six candidates from legislative elections, the latest…

Death toll in Turkey wedding bomb attack rises to 50: local governor’s office

  (REUTERS)   The death toll from Saturday's suspected suicide bomb attack in the southeastern Turkish city of Gaziantep has risen…

Philippines’ Duterte threatens to quit U.N. after drugs war censure

  (REUTERS)  Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte railed against the United Nations on Sunday after it called for an end to…

NASA says 2016 heat to take its toll on Arctic Sea ice

  (REUTERS)  Record-breaking warm temperatures in the first half of 2016 have primed the Arctic for another summer of low…

‘Alarming’ disparity in broadband connectivity within Asia-Pacific, UN regional study finds

  (UNITED NATIONS)  New findings by the economic and social development arm of the United Nations in the Asia-Pacific have…

Zika spreads to Miami Beach, U.S. expands travel warning

  By Zachary Fagenson and Julie Steenhuysen MIAMI/CHICAGO (Reuters) - Federal health officials on Friday warned pregnant women not to…

Photo of boy pulled from rubble reminder of ‘unimaginable horrors’ Syrian children face – UNICEF

  (United Nations/UNICEF)   The heart breaking photograph of Omran Daqneesh, the little boy sitting alone in an ambulance with his…

South Sudan: Hundreds of children recruited into armed groups, reports UNICEF

  (UNITED NATIONS)   Reporting that 650 children have been recruited into armed groups in South Sudan since January, the United Nations…

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