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TWO Israeli soldiers and a Spanish UN peacekeeper have been killed as Hezbollah militants traded fire with Israeli forces on the Lebanese border. After Israeli forces were hit by missile fire, they

MITT Romney, considering another presidential run, took swipes at potential 2016 rival Hillary Clinton on Wednesday for “cluelessly” conducting foreign policy, and said Barack Obama’s brand of economics is hurting Americans. The

A GROUP of black civil rights activists was exonerated Wednesday in the United States, more than 50 years after being condemned to hard labor for sitting in a white-only area. A judge

ONE of two hostages who died in a 16-hour siege at a Sydney cafe in December was killed by ricocheting fragments of police bullets, an inquest into the deadly stand-off heard Thursday.

CUBAN President Raul Castro laid out conditions Wednesday to normalize relations with the United States, demanding an end to the US embargo, the return of Guantanamo and Havana’s removal from a terror

ISLAMIC State militants say they will execute a Jordanian pilot “immediately” if Amman does not hand over a female suicide bomber by sunset Thursday, as Japan waits in anguish for news of

THE US director of an award-winning film about sex abuse by Catholic priests has unveiled a new documentary, focusing on child sexual assault in a radical offshoot of the Mormon Church. Amy

JAPANESE Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Thursday that Tokyo was analysing the authenticity of a fresh message from Islamic militants threatening to kill Japanese and Jordanian hostages unless an imprisoned jihadist is