China's new rules on overseas currency transfers are not capital controls, the official Xinhua news agency reported, even as some banks told customers that purchases of foreign currency for property, securities and life insurance were

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denied any wrongdoing Monday ahead of his expected questioning by police in a graft probe, telling his political opponents to put any "celebrations" on hold. Police were expected to question

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The Islamic State jihadist group on Monday claimed the shooting rampage inside a glamorous Istanbul nightclub on New Year's night that killed 39 people, as police hunted the attacker who remains on the run. Anti-terror

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Hundreds of irate Mexicans marched in Mexico City on Sunday to protest a steep rise in gasoline prices. They carried signs denouncing President Enrique Pena Nieto, whose government announced last week that the price of

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China warned Hong Kong it would not tolerate anyone using the city to damage mainland stability, Beijing's top official in the city said, as concerns rise over an emerging independence movement. Tensions have flared in

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An Islamic State car bomb killed 24 people in a busy square in Baghdad's sprawling Sadr City district on Monday and the militants also temporarily cut a key road north from the Iraqi capital to

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New Year's greetings tend to be uncontroversial, but an Argentine ministry sparked angry reaction over the weekend when a map of the country accompanying its year-end wishes omitted an island chain that sparked a short

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Western support for military action against the Islamic State group is key to preventing attacks at home, French President Francois Hollande said Monday in Iraq, where yet another bombing killed dozens. A suicide bomber detonated

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Performance of the Pakistan Segment at the London New Year's Day Parade (LNYDP), on Sunday received thunderous applause from thousands of spectators lined up on both sides of the Parade route. The Pakistan segment featured

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President of Pakistan Businessmen and Intellectuals Forum (PBIF), Mian Zahid Hussain, has said that the best solution to economy-related problems is to take hard and unpopular decisions. He said that tax collection has improved but

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