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TOKYO United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon called on Thursday for the total elimination of nuclear weapons, during a visit to... Read More →

BEIRUT Hezbollah is ready to strike the heart of Israel in the event of new aggression on Lebanon, the party’s... Read More →

WASHINGTON The massive oil slick that once spread for hundreds of miles from BP’s ruptured well deep in the Gulf... Read More →

WASHINGTON THE space shuttle Atlantis blasts off on Friday on the last mission of its 25-year career, taking astronauts to... Read More →

WASHINGTON PRESIDENT Barack Obama insisted on Wednesday that flared tensions between the US and Afghan governments were “overstated” as Afghan... Read More →

TRIPOLI A LIBYAN airliner arriving from South Africa disintegrated on landing at Tripoli airport on Wednesday, killing 103 people but... Read More →

LONDON BRITAIN went to the polls on Thursday in a general election expected to be the closest in decades which,... Read More →

YANGON MYANMAR’S pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has failed in a legal bid to prevent the dissolution of her... Read More →

SINGAPORE THE world will remain heavily reliant on fossil fuels for the next 40 years, Shell’s chief executive said this... Read More →

THE huge die-off of bees worldwide, a major threat to crops depending on the honey-making insects for pollination, is not... Read More →