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Beijing has for years come under pressure to introduce much-needed reforms to the country's infrastructure and lumbering state-owned enterprises as part of a drive to tackle debt

The updated travel advisory maintains the warning at "Level 2" but also warns about extra security checks and increased police presence in the Xinjiang Uighur and Tibet Autonomous Regions.

The court in the German city of Munich had ruled in favour of Qualcomm last month but said an injunction banning sales of affected iPhones could only be imposed immediately if the company laid down a security deposit.

According to the latest statistics from the UK's Forced Marriage Unit (FMU), India ranks fourth among countries where victims are taken to be forced into marriage after Pakistan, Bangladesh and Somalia. In 2017, 82 male and female victims of forced marria...

The move, which will only affect the 43 percent of households liable for income tax, brings France in line with most Western countries but comes at a critical juncture for the Macron.

Mashrafe Mortaza, an Awami League candidate for Narail-2 constituency, got 274,418 votes while his rival received 8,006 votes, according to the results announced by the Election Commission.

The whereabouts of 28 people have been established but the fate of nearly 70 was unclear. National television said some 50 people could be trapped under the rubble.

The bomb went off near the baggage counter at the entrance of the South Seas mall in Cotabato city, wounding shoppers, vendors and commuters. Authorities recovered another unexploded bomb nearby as government forces imposed a security lockdown in the city...

Over six lakh security personnel, including several thousand soldiers and paramilitary border guards, have been deployed across the country.

Bangladesh authorities deployed around 600,000 police, army and other security forces, after 13 people were killed and thousands injured in skirmishes between Hasina's ruling Awami League and activists of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP).

The prince, heir to the Saudi throne, has faced intense international scrutiny over the October 2 murder of journalist Khashoggi in the kingdom's Istanbul consulate -- which critics say has left the oil-rich Gulf nation diplomatically weakened.

Around 40 "yellow vest" demonstrators on Thursday tried to storm the medieval fort of Bregancon that serves as Macron's summer retreat before being turned back by police.

With party chief Khaleda Zia ineligible to contest the polls due to her five-year jail term , Bangladesh Nationalist Party is struggling to win people's votes ahead of Bangladesh election.

The Commerce Department releases key figures on gross domestic product, inflation, personal income and spending, trade and new home sales, much of which are closely watched by investors and policymakers.

Colin O'Brady, 33, took 54 days to complete the nearly 1,000-mile (1,600-kilometer) crossing of Antarctica from north to south, to become the first person in the history of mankind to traverse the frozen continent alone.

Twitter lit up like a Christmas tree after Trump made his remark during a holiday event with first lady Melania Trump, asking a seven-year-old if he is still a believer of Santa.