World
9 Jan 2017
Floods in southern Thailand have killed over 20 people and hit the region's rubber industry.
9 Jan 2017
In less than two weeks, US President Barack Obama will hand over power to Donald Trump. Most agree that the US economy is in much better shape than it was when Obama was elected in 2008.
9 Jan 2017
Trita Parsi, National Iranian American Council founder and chief executive officer, reacts to the death of Iranian President Ayatollah Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani.
9 Jan 2017
Iranian state media reports that the country’s former president, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, has died at the age of 82.
8 Jan 2017
Britain's Queen Elizabeth makes her first public appearance in weeks since falling ill.
8 Jan 2017
In his weekly address, U.S. President Barack Obama discusses the points he will touch on in his upcoming farewell address to the nation.
8 Jan 2017
Federal investigators are trying determining the motives behind a mass shooting in which an attacker opened fire in a crowded baggage claim at a Fort Lauderdale airport, killing five people.
7 Jan 2017
Dozens of people are killed in a blast in the centre of a rebel-held town in Syria near the Turkish border, multiple sources say.
7 Jan 2017
Authorities are trying to determine what motivated the 26-year-old Iraq war veteran to carry out the attack Police in the US are trying to find out why a man went on a shooting spree at a Florida airport, killing five people.
7 Jan 2017
Security experts blame the escalating tensions between rival drug gangs in the state of Roraima for the violence.
7 Jan 2017
At least five people have been killed in a shooting at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport. The shooter is in custody.
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