South Korea's impeached President Park Geun-hye on Sunday broke a month-long silence over her alleged role in a corruption scandal, publicly denying charges of wrongdoing and saying that the accusations against her were "fabrication and

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The new year in one of Africa's most troubled countries began in a burst of optimism Sunday after rival groups agreed a deal for hauling DR Congo out of a perilous political crisis. Under a

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said on Sunday that the isolated nuclear capable country was close to test-launching an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). North Korea tested ballistic missiles at an unprecedented rate during 2016,

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Legendary animation artist Tyrus Wong, whose evocative sketches were used to create Disney's groundbreaking "Bambi" cartoon, has died at the age of 106, the company said. "Tyrus Wong had a gift for evoking incredible feeling

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Fighting in parts of Syria on Sunday threatened a shaky cease-fire brokered by Russia and Turkey, whose efforts to kick-start talks towards ending the conflict won backing from world powers. The nation-wide truce between the

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Heavy smog in northern China on Sunday caused hundreds of flights to be cancelled and highways to shut, disrupting the first day of the New Year holiday. Large parts of the north were hit by

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Islamic State militants have aspirations to launch mass-casualty chemical attacks on targets in Britain and elsewhere in Europe, the British security minister said in a newspaper interview published on Sunday. Ben Wallace also said British

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Iraqi forces have retaken more than 60 percent of eastern Mosul from the Islamic State group since the battle for the city began in mid-October, a top commander said Sunday. "From east Mosul... more than

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The British government has taken up the issue of using pellet guns in Kashmir with India. Baroness Anelay of St John's, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) stated this while responding to a number of

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Pakistan Muslim League (PML-Q) president, Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain said on Sunday that there was no need for reconciliation between Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and former President Asif Ali Zardari because both were already on the

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