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An Islamic militant group said in a video posted online that it was behind two suicide bombings that killed at least 34 people last month in the Russian city of Volgograd, and threatened to attack the Sochi Winter Olympics. In...

Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe appeared in public for the first time in several weeks on Monday to mourn the death of his sister, ending speculation that he may be bed-ridden, in declining health or even dead. The health of Mugabe,...

Former Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri said on Monday he would return to Lebanon ahead of parliamentary elections later this year and was ready to work with his rivals for the good of the country. Hariri, who has been living...

Anheuser-Busch InBev SA, the world's largest brewer, has agreed to buy South Korea's Oriental Brewery Co Ltd from KKR & Co and Affinity Equity Partners for $5.8 billion including debt, regaining ownership of a key Asian asset at a...

China's central bank is offering emergency funding support to commercial banks amid a spike in cash rates, sources with direct knowledge of the move told Reuters on Monday. The People's Bank of China (PBOC) will offer up to 120 billion...

Toyota Motor Corp (7203.T) may reconsider investing up to 20 billion baht ($609 million) in Thailand, and could even cut production, if political unrest drags on, the head of the Japanese automaker's local unit said on Monday. Toyota is the...

Oil major Royal Dutch Shell (RDSa.L) said on Monday it had agreed to sell stakes in a gas project in Western Australia for $1.14 billion as part of a drive to improve return on investment. Shell is selling an 8...

South Africa's ailing economy cannot afford more mine labor unrest, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan said on Monday, after the platinum industry's main trade union said it would launch a strike at the world's top three producers this week. A wave...

Barely a year before the 2015 general elections, some politicians are adopting laughable political antics just to attract media attention and better their chances of retaining a semblance of relevance in the run-up to the elections.  Pranks of this...

Martin Luther King, Jr., the American civil rights leader, is reported to have said, “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”  The truth in this quote cannot be overemphasised.  As such, I am moved to show solidarity with...