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Embattled Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra returned to the capital, Bangkok, on Wednesday for traditional New Year celebrations in a display of unity alongside military chiefs before a looming showdown with anti-government protesters. Demonstrators who accuse Yingluck of being the...

The United States wants Afghanistan to halt the release of 88 prisoners from an Afghan jail because they pose a serious threat to security, U.S. officials said on Wednesday, adding to strains between the two sides. The United States only...

Lawyers argued Wednesday that former Pakistani military ruler Pervez Musharraf could not receive a fair trial on treason charges, a case that could test the relationship between an increasingly assertive civilian government and the army. Musharraf, 70, faces the death...

India has cancelled its scandal-hit $770 million helicopter deal with AgustaWestland, part of Italian defense group Finmeccanica (SIFI.MI), a senior defense ministry official told Reuters on Wednesday. India froze payments for the 12 AW101 helicopters after Finmeccanica's then chief executive...

If there was one lesson from this year's holiday shopping season, it is that many traditional retailers are having to work a lot harder to persuade Americans to open their pocketbooks. A lot of stores had to discount heavily to...

Chinese property prices rose again in December, according to two private surveys, but are showing signs of stabilizing following government measures aimed at cooling the housing market and averting the threat of a bubble. Prices of new homes in 288...

SAN FRANCISCO, December 31, 2013, (THEWILL) – The President/CE of Dangote Group and philanthropist, Aliko Dangote who was recently ranked by Forbes as the most powerful and richest man in Africa has joined a growing list of global CEOs...

BEVERLY HILLS, CA, December 31, (THEWILL) – Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, has commended the government and people of Yobe State for the peaceful and credible manner in which the recent Local Government election...

BEVERLY HILLS, CA, December 31, (THEWILL) – The All Progressives Congress (APC) has assured Nigerians that the party is ready, willing and determined to make all the necessary sacrifices to reverse the prevailing gloomy situation in the country and...

Premier League leaders Arsenal will be without midfielders Mesut Ozil and Aaron Ramsey, defender Kieran Gibbs and striker Olivier Giroud for the home game with Cardiff City on Wednesday, manager Arsene Wenger said. Arsenal go into the match with a...