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Australia also expresses ‘strong concern’ over Beijing’s building on disputed islands BOSTON: In a rebuff to China, US Defence Secretary…

MANILA: Two Canadians, a Norwegian and a Filipino woman have appealed by video to the Philippines to stop military operations,…

SYDNEY: An Australian zoo yesterday unveiled a baby chimp adopted by a pregnant female in an ‘unheard of’ act after…

VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis yesterday offered a rare public apology from the Catholic Church for a series of scandals which…

SINGAPORE: Changi Airport is set to welcome the first commercial aircraft to be decorated with Star Wars livery on Nov…

WASHINGTON: The White House on Tuesday said Iran likely breached UN Security Council rules when it tested a long-range ballistic…

GILZE-RIJEN, NETHERLANDS: A partial reconstruction of a Malaysia Airlines jet made of wreckage found strewn across eastern Ukraine told the…