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A military court on Wednesday convicted Fang Fenghui, former chief of staff of China's Central Military Commission Joint Staff Department, on three accounts of crime and sentenced him to life imprisonment according to law....

Pop princess Ariana Grande is the first act in more than 50 years to claim simultaneously the top three spots on the US singles chart, industry tracker Billboard said Monday....

A teenager stripped of her British citizenship in Syria is nothing to do with Bangladesh and the matter is for the British to resolve, Bangladesh's interior minister said Wednesday....

China's military court on Wednesday sentenced Fang Fenghui, former member of China's Central Military Commission (CMC) and former chief of staff of the CMC Joint Staff Department, to life imprisonment for bribery and crime of receiving a large inc...

Jordan's Prime Minister Omar al-Razzaz appealed Wednesday to major donors to continue multi-billion dollar funding for Syrian refugees in the kingdom, saying most of those who had fled the eight-year conflict had no intention of returning any time soo...

Lockheed Martin yesterday offered India a new combat jet to be made locally, the F-21, in an attempt to win a large military order worth more than $15bn....

JD said in a statement on Wednesday that it is actively promoting the organizational transformation and empowerment of staff at all levels, with an aim to better allocate resources, ensure diversified development and achieve quality growth of its business...

Has the annual Taj Mahotsava festival helped promote tourism in Agra? Tourism industry leaders and hoteliers say the 10-day cultural extravaganza has been reduced to a local fair....

Moscow yesterday warned Venezuela's self-declared interim president Juan Guaido Guaido against "inviting foreign intervention" by using aid shipments as "cover," and called for dialogue between the government and opposition....

The Supreme Court told billionaire tycoon Anil Ambani yesterday he must pay his debts to Sweden's Ericsson or go to jail, the latest twist in a saga that forced his telecom company to file for bankruptcy....

Tehran, Feb 20, IRNA/Global Times - After the aggressive speech by US Assistant Secretary Aaron Wess Mitchell in late October advocating the US to win influence in Central and Eastern Europe, Secretary of State Michael Pompeo recently visited Hungary, Pol...

LONDON (AP) — The Latest on the Brit Awards ceremony (all times local): 10:30 p.m. The U.K. music industry's Brit Awards have been handed out during a slick, surprise-free ceremony that set out to celebrate female talent after past allegations o...

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) — Nearing the end of a lively town hall with hundreds of voters packed into an art gallery, Cory Booker surveyed the crowd and reassured them that his sunny, unity-first presidential campaign is also tough. "People who thin...

Mark Zuckerberg/FacebookFacebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaking with Harvard Law professor Jonathan Zittrain.Mark Zuckerberg recently spoke with Harvard Law...

Moscow Wednesday warned Venezuela's self-declared interim president Juan Guaido against "inviting foreign intervention" by using aid shipments as "cover," and called for dialogue between the government and opposition....

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Republicans in Kentucky are trying again to change the state's troubled public pension plan for teachers, tapping two public school employees to put forward a bill they hope will avoid a repeat of last year's massive pr...

TOKYO -- Japan will let delivery robots be tested on public streets starting in fiscal 2019, Nikkei has learned.The government will compile safet...

TOKYO -- Japan is nearing approval for a pair of highly anticipated gene therapies, but a debate over health care costs seems sure to follow amid...

Sean Gallup/Getty ImagesDeutsche Bank lost $1.6 billion on an investment in a portfolio of municipal bonds and related derivatives, according to the Wall Street...

CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) — Andrew McCutchen is ready to boost the Philadelphia Phillies with his bat, glove and brain. Signed to a million, three-year contract, McCutchen said he enjoys his role as the veteran in the outfield and likes what he's se...

The dates, Feb. 27-28, and the venue, Hanoi, for a second summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un have been con...

Visitors view snowy scenery at Palace Museum in BeijingIn pics: new-born seal cub at Harbin PolarlandFarmers busy working in early spring across ChinaAerial view of snow-covered terraced fields in north China's HebeiGiant pandas at Beijing Zoo play in...

Passengers queue to enter the Wuxi Station in Wuxi, east China's Jiangsu Province, Feb. 20, 2019. China's railways are expected to face the post-holiday travel peak over the next few days when millions of travelers return to their workplaces or sc...

You think history is boring? Msheireb Museums doesn't think so. In an effort to make history alive they recently played a prank on their visitors giving them a pleasant surprise....

Xiaomi Corp is intensifying its efforts in the premium segment, as it works hard to introduce high-end components and engineering techniques to its latest smartphone models in order to rival players such as Huawei Technologies Co Ltd....

It's an attempt to dislodge PPP govt in Sindh: Bilawal Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has termed the arrest of Sindh Assembly Speaker Agha Siraj Durrani an unacceptable and undemocratic attempt to dislodge the provin...

Bojnourd, Feb 20, IRNA Iran's Ambassador to Turkmenistan Mohammad Ahmadi said on Wednesday that the volume of trade exchanges between the two countries have hit $400 million this year and it requires more planning to enhance the figure to a desirable ...

The Indonesian part of Borneo currently has 12 seismographs installed along its eastern coast from South to North Kalimantan provinces. Five additional ones will be donated by the German and Japanese governments....

Zhao Jingwen, a former executive director of China's CITIC Group, is being investigated for suspected violations of Party disciplinary rules and laws, according to the top anti-graft agency on Wednesday....

British Prime Minister Theresa May will hold bilateral meetings with European Union leaders at an EU-League of Arab States summit in Egypt at the weekend, a senior U.K. government official said Wednesday....

After a shaky start, wearables like smartwatches and fitness trackers have gained traction in healthcare, with US consumer use jumping from 9% in 2014 to...

Tehran, Feb 20, IRNA - The head of the Information Technology Institute of Sharif University of Technology said that Iran's position in global indicators in relation to Open Data provided by governments to society and people has been promoted to 50th ...

Pune (Maharashtra) [India], Feb 20 (ANI): A six-year-old boy is trapped in a 200-feet-deep borewell at Thorandale village in Pune on Wednesday....

Hollis Johnson/Business InsiderPepsiCo is kicking off a round of layoffs.PepsiCo has kicked off a round of layoffs impacting employees in multiple offices,...

Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) meets with visiting Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani at...

BEIJING, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping received the credentials presented by ne...

BEIJING, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping has sent a congratulatory letter to the...

Huang Wentao, head of a fluorescence Doppler lidar system installation project and a member of...

Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Co...

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker (R) meets with British Prime Minister Theresa...

Aerial photo shows Liang Zhefeng (1st L), the owner of a guest house, serves tea for customer...

StanChart to Take $900 Million Charge Over U.S., U.K. Probes...

Business InsiderA US Coast Guard lieutenant, Christopher Paul Hasson, was arrested on Wednesday after authorities found a cache of weapons in his Silver Springs,...

Provincial sub-committees given the task of adjusting minimum daily wage rates have proposed annual raises of between two to 10 baht this year, said permanent secretary for the Labour Ministry Jarin Jakkaphark Wednesday....

India demands Kulbhushan's retrial in Pakistani civil court The Indian legal team sought annulment of self-confessed Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav's death sentence or a retrial in a Pakistan civilian court with full consular access on Wednesday. In...

ISRO's GSLV MK-3 and Arianespace' Ariane-5 are both good launch vehicles in their own right. While India GSLV Mk-3 is a medium-lift launch vehicle, Ariane-5 is a heavy lift launch vehicle which has been operating for many years now....

Christopher Paul Hasson compiled hit list of prominent Democrats and media figures and mulled a biological attack; police seize powerful arsenal of weaponsChristopher Paul Hasson compiled hit list of prominent Democrats and media figures and mulled a biol...

Mark Lennihan/APA FedEx employee who scootered through Manhattan was the star of a viral video today....