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President Barack Obama's White House made it clear that US' ties with Taiwan was not a "bargaining chip" and that America was firmly committee to the decades-old "One-China" policy.

Australia has invested heavily in the F-35 JSF programme, with two of the fighter jets currently on order with 16 options likely to be taken up over the next three years at $90 million a piece.

At least 34 people were killed on Monday in airstrikes on rebel-held areas in central province of Hama, a monitor group reported.

The soft-spoken son of an aristocratic family, Paolo Gentiloni is set to become Italy's fifth prime minister in as many years, promoted thanks to his unwavering loyalty to outgoing premier Matteo Renzi.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has turned down the offer of a dog as a gift from the Japanese government, according to a Japanese MP. Koichi Hagiuda did not give a reason as to why the gift had been rejected by Putin.

Pakistan's Air Force chief on Saturday said the country faces "daring challenges" on domestic and international fronts as the regional scenario has changed.

Turkey will hold a referendum by next May on constitutional changes expanding the powers of President Tayyip Erdogan, who survived an attempted July coup and is now conducting a purge of suspected participants, from generals to judges and journalists.

Human Rights Watch on Thursday called for an arms embargo on Saudi Arabia over the war in Yemen, and said the United States might be complicit in "atrocities" by supplying bombs.

British Prime Minister Theresa May on Wednesday won a vote in Parliament backing her timetable for negotiating Britain's exit from the European Union (EU).

The quake struck off East Nusa Tenggara in central Indonesia at 8.13 a.m. local time with the epicentre at 120 km northeast Flores Timur and at a depth of 524 km under sea bed, an official of the agency said.

Of the nine major tech giants, including Facebook, Apple and Google, only Twitter has declined to help if US President-elect Donald Trump seeks to create a national Muslim registry, a media report said.

South Korea and Japan said on Friday they would impose new unilateral sanctions on North Korea over its nuclear and ballistic missile programmes, following a fresh U.N. Security Council resolution imposed on the reclusive country this week.

Many school representatives from the provinces headed to Bangkok yesterday to buy portraits of the Crown Prince as well as flags with the Crown Prince's emblem. They are preparing decorations to celebrate the new King's succession.

"There is already a steady process of ethnic cleansing underway in several areas of South Sudan using starvation, gang rape and the burning of villages; everywhere we went across this country we heard villagers saying they are ready to shed blood to get t...

The inauguration committee is taking contributions not just from individuals but corporations, just as President Obama did for his second inauguration in 2013, according to the Center for Public Integrity.

A woman has jumped off a United Airlines flight after opening the emergency door under mysterious circumstances while the plane was taxiing on the runway of Bush Intercontinental Airport here in the US.