UK to buy 14 combat jet from US

AFP, London :Britain on Monday announced it had signed a contract with US manufacturer Lockheed Martin to buy the first of 14 F-35B combat jets.The...

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Thai editor sentenced to jail for defaming king

AP, Bangkok :A military court in junta-ruled Thailand sentenced a Web editor to 4 ½ years in jail Monday for publishing an article five years...

US President Barack Obama, standing with Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel, talks about Hagel's resignation during an event at the White House on Monday.

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Pentagon boss quits

AFP, Washington :President Barack Obama announced the departure of US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel on Monday, with the White House under fire over perceived fumbling...

Workers representing bailiffs remove barricades under a court injunction, on one of the main streets occupied by protesters as part of the Occupy Central civil disobedience movement at Mongkok shopping district in Hong Kong.

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Scuffles break out as HK clears part of protest site

Reuters, Hong Kong :Scuffles erupted as Hong Kong authorities cleared part of a pro-democracy protest camp in the bustling district of Mong Kok on Tuesday...

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Women are not equal to men: Erdogan

AP, Ankara :Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan set off a new controversy on Monday, declaring that women are not equal to men and accusing feminists...

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and leader of Georgia's breakaway province of Abkhazia Raul Khadzhimba shake hands at a signing ceremony in the Bocharov Ruchei residence in Sochi, Russia on Monday

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Russia gets greater control over Black Sea region

Reuters, Sochi :President Vladimir Putin signed a “strategic partnership” agreement with Georgia’s breakaway region of Abkhazia on Monday, angering Tbilisi, which said Moscow was looking...

US Vice President Joe Biden Â® shakes hands with Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan during their meeting at Beylerbeyi Palace in Istanbul.

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Turkey, US ease strains on IS but differences remain

Reuters, Istanbul :Turkey and the United States smoothed over some differences in the fight against Islamic State during a weekend visit by U.S. Vice President...