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South Korean opposition parties differed on Thursday on when to bring an impeachment motion against scandal-tainted President Park Geun-hye and were far apart from her conservative party on her offer to quit.

Fidel Castro's ashes began a four-day journey across Cuba on Wednesday from Havana to their final resting place in the eastern city of Santiago.

US President-elect Donald Trump is set to name Indiana health policy consultant Seema Verma as his pick for administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, a transition official told Reuters on Monday.

A senior Afghan general, who commanded an army corps in the western region of the country, died when his helicopter crashed on Tuesday, officials said.

President-elect Donald Trump's transition team confirmed on Tuesday that he has selected Elaine Chao to head the Transportation Department under his administration, media reports said.

The Xinjiang province has witnessed some deadly terror attacks in recent years which also spread to Beijing and other parts of China.

China's national observatory on Sunday issued a yellow alert for typhoon Tokage that will bring gales to some southern coastal regions.

Green Party candidate Jill Stein has requested a recount in Wisconsin and has announced her intention to also seek recounts in Michigan and Pennsylvania.

From Dwight Eisenhower, who broke US diplomatic relations with Cuba, to Barack Obama, who decided to normalise them, 11 US presidents faced off with Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro, who died on Saturday.

Norway's supreme court on Friday rejected a final appeal by fugitive whistleblower Edward Snowden to secure assurances he would not be extradicted to the US should he travel to Norway to collect an award.

The scramble to shape his administration underway, President-elect Donald Trump's team has simultaneously begun turning its attention to raising tens of millions of dollars for festivities related to his Washington inauguration.

The UK government's changes to its visa policy for non-EU nationals aimed at curbing its soaring immigration figures will come into force from Thursday, which will affect a large number of Indians especially IT professionals.

Iraqi-led forces have cut off the Islamic State group's last supply line from Mosul to Syria, completing the isolation of the jihadist stronghold, security officials said Wednesday.

A London-based British Muslim couple has been jailed for over four years for funding their nephew who was fighting in Syria for ISIS terror group.

The US has warned its citizens that Europe is at a "heightened risk of terror attacks" at its Christmas markets and other seasonal holiday events.

Tropical Storm Otto strengthened into a hurricane in the Caribbean as it lurched toward Central America, causing three deaths in Panama and prompting coastal evacuations in Costa Rica and Nicaragua.