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Malaysia returns body of N Korean leader’s brother
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib said on Thursday that the two countries had reached an an agreement in the murder case of the North Korean leader’s exiled half-brother.

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib said on Thursday that the two countries had reached an an agreement in the murder case of the North Korean leader’s exiled half-brother.

Syrian forces keep up anti-terrorism operations in Hama’s countryside, where they have reportedly killed about 2,200 terrorists in six days.

Former US National Security Adviser Mike Flynn has reportedly sought immunity from prosecution in exchange for his testimony about the Trump campaign's potential ties to Russia.

Saudi warplanes pound residential areas in the Yemeni provinces of Sa’ada and Sana’a, leaving nine civilians dead.

Thousands of Argentineans attended a demonstration against the government’s economic policies in the capital Buenos Aires on Thursday.

A judge at the Seoul Central District Court approved an arrest warrant against South Korea’s ousted president Park Geun-hye on Friday.

Australian authorities issue warnings about potential severe flooding in the two states of Queensland and New South Wales, both already hit by Cyclone Debbie.

“Europe is an economic failure," which led to Brexit in the first place, says a commentator.

Rights groups have said that the US sale of weapons to Bahrain is tantamount to condoning the abuses committed by the Manama regime.

Saudi military spokesman Major General Ahmed Asiri has escaped a citizen’s arrest over the Arab kingdom’s war crimes in Yemen.

The US Justice Department files a notice to appeal a ruling from a Hawaii federal judge that indefinitely blocked Trump's travel ban.

Israel’s so-called security cabinet has unanimously voted in favor of construction of the first new settlement in the occupied Palestinian territories in 25 years.

Russian President Vladimir Putin says he is ready to meet with US President Donald Trump in an upcoming summit of Arctic nations in Finland.

“We can't necessarily focus on Assad the way that the previous administration did,” the US ambassador to the UN says.

The World Health Organization says the number of depression at international level has increased nearly 20 percent in the past decade.

Austria, home to more than 350,000 Turks, warns against travel to Turkey amid reports of arrests on arrival.

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier visited Paris on Thursday, a day after the UK triggered the formal process of leaving the European Union.

Israeli military forces attack Palestinian protesters marking the Land Day in the occupied West Bank.