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Ties between China and Japan, world's second- and third-largest economies, have been plagued by territorial disputes

Cole is among a small band of Westerners who have made their own way to Iraq to take up arms against IS

Duterte, the tough-talking mayor of the southern city of Davao, emerges as the "clear frontrunner" in a survey

Turkey has killed 492 'terrorists' since January 9 in air raids, while another 370 killed in artillery strikes

Afshar was arrested and tried in 2009 on charges of spying and acting against Iran's national security

For the first time since 1945, Austria will not have a president backed by either Social Democrats or People's Party

Betting odds have moved sharply in favour of Britons voting to remain in the European Union

The murders this week in the village of Peebles -- a rural community 80 miles east of Cincinnati

The group's main stronghold in the port city of Mukalla, according to the Saudi-led coalition

The sudden alliance arises due to pressing timing of the Republican party's presidential primary season

Centre will include senior ministers, military and police chiefs and will be designed to respond quickly to situations

The launch from French Guiana will be Europe's first of the year from the South American space centre

President Poroshenko says he hoped to see Kiev-born pilot who received a 14-year jail sentence in Russia return hom

Total auto sales in China reached 24.6 million last year, making it a crucial market for foreign manufacturers

The young hatchlings are usually condemned to a violent end simply because they are male

The deployment will increase US forces in Syria to about 300 to accelerate recent gains against Islamic State

These countries are Algeria, Botswana, Cape Verde, Comoros, South Africa and Swaziland

Saturday's test, personally monitored by supreme leader Kim Jong-Un, latest in a series of provocative moves

Trump's presidential campaign pushed back against accusations by rivals 'celebrity billionaire is a political fraud'

Pro-government forces recaptured an oil terminal as well as the city of Mukalla, considered a militant stronghold

Beijing will start construction on a South China Sea islet as it seeks to project its power in the disputed waters

Peake opened the race by counting down in a video message as runners waited at the start line in the British capital

Clinton's advisers begin extensive discussions on a potential vice presidential candidate

Obama says the world's largest trade pact could be finalised by the end of the year

Akdogan said that since the middle of January, 45 rockets have hit Kilis, killing at least 16 people

Sean Morkys of Waterbury, Connecticut, was charged with threatening, inciting injury and breach of peace

Indian courts are known for their frustratingly slow pace in which hearings can go on for years or even decades

He died before reaching hospital, a spokesperson for the Ivosep morgue in Abidjan said

An estimated 70,000 teenagers were in Rome for a weekend of events to celebrate Francis's Jubilee year

The attack, which also wounded another 14 soldiers, targeted an army convoy as it entered militant stronghold Zinjibar

Air Force One landed in the northern city of Hanover to a ceremonial guard welcome

Zuma says 'overthrow of US-backed Shah was a source of encouragement as black South Africans fought against...

Chancellor Angela Merkel owes her party 9,500 euros in membership fees

Sources close to the talks say the two sides failed to reach an understanding on the need to firm up ceasefire

Hungary is part of EU's Schengen zone but police carry out regular identity checks on motorway to Austrian border

Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the 30-year-old son of King Salman, is to announce on Monday his 'Saudi Vision 2030'

Saudi family therapist releases video on how to 'discipline' wives

Obama says US to continue strikes against IS while continuing efforts to broker a transition deal in Syria

Residents say air strikes hit a building that AQAP was using as its headquarters

Attackers wielding machetes almost beheaded English professor Rezaul Karim Siddique

Greenpeace study says people living in area continue to eat and drink foods with dangerously high radiation levels

The Chinese trawler was previously reported to have been fishing illegally in Argentine waters

'Police at the door. No joke' tweeted Ebru Umar

Storms struck across five states after weeks of heatwave temperatures regularly topping 40C

King Salman issues a decree ordering his dismissal and replacement in the interim by Agriculture Minister

China must also manage the Internet to promote the Communist Party's religious theories and policies

'The Pacific is done, my friend. I love it, but it's done' says clearly relieved Swiss adventurer Bertrand Piccard

Obama says that Britain would have 'less influence globally' if it votes to leave the EU in a June referendum

Mallya left India on March 2 despite calls for his arrest and is believed to be in Britain

Barack Obama sayshe hopes he would be able to influence British voters' decisions at the June 23 referendum