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South Koreans vote for new parliament
South Koreans go to polls to elect a new parliament.

South Koreans go to polls to elect a new parliament.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov slams the ‘disproportionate’ build-up of US munitions on the embattled Korean Peninsula.

The US state of Georgia executed a mentally disabled black man despite reports of racial motivation by the jury that issued the death penalty.

Nigeria’s Army mowed down as many as 347 Shia Muslims last December while swooping on the followers of the country’s leading Shia cleric, a report says.

The International Monetary Fund has forecast economic growth for the Islamic Republic in 2016.

Syrians go to polls in parliamentary elections against the backdrop of a generally-holding ceasefire.

The United States is set to publicly release the 28 secret pages of a report on the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, a former senator says.

US House Speaker Paul Ryan says he will not accept the Republican nomination for president.

A French family has found a painting attributed to Italian master Caravaggio in their attic.

Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are tied nationally in the United States in the run-up to the 2016 presidential election, a new poll shows.

The Netherlands' international Schiphol Airport has been partially evacuated following a security alert.

Stephen Hawking and billionaire Yuri Milner are to send a fleet of nanocraft to the nearest star system to detect alien civilizations.

The Pentagon is reducing US troops in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula citing a rise in threats from terrorist groups.

Most of the Palestinian Yarmouk refugee camp in Syria has fallen into Daesh’s clutches, says PLO.

North Korea has issued an imaginary letter from 16th US President Abraham Lincoln to grill Barack Obama.

A British MP has been ejected from parliament for calling British Prime Minister David Cameron “Dodgy Dave” over his personal finances.

The Chicago Police Department has a “horrible reputation” in its relationship with the city’s African American community.

The only power station in the Israeli-blockaded Gaza Strip is forced to shut down due to fuel shortage.