Malaysian official says kidappers demand 70 million yuan ($11.3m) for a Chinese woman abducted last week from resort in Sabah state, but Chinese consulate says it has received no such request.
Paris to unveil new stress-free, biodiverse enclosures following $234m renovation
The US Navy destroyer USS Donald Cook, the second American military ship to be deployed in the Black Sea amid the Ukraine crisis, is scheduled to arrive in the designated waters Thursday.
President Barack Obama sharply criticized what he called the least productive U.S. Congress in modern history on Wednesday in a fund-raising speech that he used to try to energize Democrats to vote in November congressional elections.
A 16-year-old student wielding two knives went on a stabbing rampage in the hallways of a Pittsburgh-area high school early on Wednesday, injuring 21 people before he was tackled by an assistant principal.
Draft messages produced for a Twitter-like service in Cuba that the US government secretly funded were overtly political.
Asked again the question on the mind of everyone who follows US politics, Hillary Clinton said on Tuesday she was "thinking" about running for president in 2016.
Joint statement from the family and friends of the passengers believed lost lashes out at Malaysia for "mean and shameless acts" and calls for justice.
G7 leaders will not participate in the planned G8 Sochi Summit and instead they will meet again in G7 format at the same time as planned, in June this year, in Brussels.
A total of 23,546 South Sudanese refugees fleeing intense fighting back home have crossed into Uganda since Dec 16.
Gunshots rang out in South Sudan's capital for about an hour on Sunday as peace talks between rebels and the government to hammer out a ceasefire deal.
Two Chinese warships of the 15th Chinese naval escort taskforce docked at the port of Mombasa, Kenya on Jan 2 and started a four-day friendly visit.
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