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A powerful typhoon with gusts reaching 235 kilometres (146 miles) an hour made landfall in the eastern Philippines late Sunday, the state weather service said.

The US Department of Defence has awarded a USD 284.6 million contract to Lockheed Martin to produce infrared target sight systems for the US Navy and Pakistan, a media report said on Saturday.

Israel lashed out at US President Barack Obama over a UN Security Council resolution passed Friday demanding it halt settlements in Palestinian territory, while vowing it would not abide by it.

US federal authorities cautioned local law enforcement on Friday to be aware that supporters of Islamic State have been calling for their sympathizers to attack holiday gatherings in the United States, including churches, CNN reported.

The U.N. Security Council has defeated a U.S.-sponsored resolution that would have imposed an arms embargo on South Sudan and three key figures in the conflict in the world's newest nation.

Russia's President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that US President-elect Donald Trump accurately read the popular mood in the United States to win the election, although "nobody except us" believed in his success.

Britain's Home Secretary Amber Rudd visited a Gurdwara in Southall to discuss the importance of tackling hate crime against Sikhs, amid reports of increased hate crimes after the Brexit vote.

Security forces in Congo have killed at least 26 demonstrators and arrested scores more amid protests against President Joseph Kabila's hold on power, Human Rights Watch said, as talks on the political crisis caused by delayed elections resumed Wednesday...

A suburban Chicago man is suing McDonald's restaurants in two Illinois counties, arguing cheeseburger "Extra Value Meals" are actually more expensive than when the items are purchased separately.

Scotland wants to stay in the European Union's single market after the United Kingdom leaves the bloc and will push for more powers to protect its interests, the head of its pro-independence government said on Tuesday.

I was, of course, fearful and knew of the danger if the gunman turned toward me. But I advanced a little and photographed the man as he hectored his desperate, captive audience.

Pakistan's Senate on Monday passed a resolution seeking withdrawal of high denomination Rs 5,000 currency notes "in a phased manner" to curb the flow of black money, weeks after India demonetised its high value currencies.

With these three words, an off-duty police officer shot dead the Russian Ambassador to Turkey Andrey Karlov right in the middle of an art exhibition in Ankara. Those three words will be splashed on newspaper headlines and internet banners across the world...

Off-duty policeman Mevlut Mert Altintas killed Russian Ambassador to Turkey Andrei Karlov to avenge the 'killings' by Russian forces in Aleppo.

France will increase security at Christmas markets across the country after a truck ploughed into people at a seasonal market in Berlin on Monday, killing at least nine people, the Interior Ministry said.

NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg on Sunday defended the alliance's decision to refrain from stepping into the war in Syria, saying doing so would only make matters worse.