Pacific leaders urged to defend free trade
A summit of top world leaders was urged to fight rising protectionism after Trump's victory stoked fears that free trade is under threat.
Google, Facebook take aim at 'fake' news
Google and Facebook to cut off advertising revenue to fake news sites, after cases of misinformation during the US presidential election.
Jihadists 'shave beards' as pressure builds on Mosul
With pressure building on the 10th day of the Mosul assault, Western defence chiefs were already looking ahead to the next target -- IS's other major stronghold of Raqa in Syria.
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Trump gets booed as he and Clinton trade biting jokes
Taking a break from the nastiest campaign in recent memory, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton came together Thursday for a New York white-tie soiree intended to bring some levity just weeks before the November 8 vote.
Kazakhstan shifts PM to security chief
Kazakhstan's ageing President Nursultan Nazarbayev shifted longtime ally Karim Massimov from prime minister to security chief.