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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.

27 October 2016 11:21

Hong Kong, Shanghai stocks tumble in morning trade The Hang Seng Index in Hong Kong sank 1.15 percent, or 268.81 points, to 23,056.62.

27 October 2016 11:18

At least 10 hurt in southern Turkey blast The cause of the blast was not known.

25 October 2016 13:09

6.2 quake hits western Japan The quake, at a shallow depth of 10 kilometres (six miles), struck shortly after 2:00 pm (0500 GMT) in Tottori prefecture.

21 October 2016 15:26

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.

21 October 2016 14:36

OPEC agrees shock oil output cut OPEC shocked markets with a deal to cut oil output after kingpin Saudi Arabia allowed bitter rival Iran to be exempted.

29 September 2016 13:35

Elon Musk envisions 'fun' but dangerous trips to Mars SpaceX chief Elon Musk unveiled on Tuesday ambitious plans to establish a Mars colony by sending 100 humans at a time on massive spacecraft.

28 September 2016 19:26

Israeli ex-president and Nobel laureate Peres dies Israeli ex-president and Nobel Peace Prize winner Shimon Peres died on Wednesday, some two weeks after suffering a major stroke.

28 September 2016 19:11

Germany blocks WhatsApp data transfers to Facebook German data protection authorities said they had blocked Facebook from collecting subscriber data from its subsidiary WhatsApp.

28 September 2016 18:55

32,000 arrested in Turkey coup probe Turkey said that courts have placed 32,000 suspects under arrest on charges of links to a group run by the US-based preacher.

28 September 2016 18:55

Last Soviet boss standing, Kazakh leader still lacks heir 76-year-old Nazarbayev is now the last surviving Soviet-era leader to still be in charge of one of the countries that emerged from the USSR.

23 September 2016 14:27

Youth to the fore as Milan fashion week opens Milan fashion week kicked off on Wednesday with collections from Italian labels Grinko and Blugirl setting a youth-orientated tone.

21 September 2016 17:00

Xenophobia threatening peace in eastern Germany Growing xenophobia and rightwing extremism could threaten peace in eastern Germany.

21 September 2016 16:42

Trump son compares Syrian refugees to poisoned candies Donald Trump's eldest son triggered an online storm with a tweet comparing Syrian refugees to a bowl containing an assortment of candies.

20 September 2016 16:32

Brazil court orders seizure of Olympic broadcaster's assets A Brazilian court has ordered the seizure of goods and assets belonging to the broadcast-arm of the International Olympic Committee.

20 September 2016 16:14

Four-in-10 Japanese are virgins: poll More than 40 percent of young Japanese single adults are virgins and almost three-quarters of men are not in any kind of relationship.

19 September 2016 15:55

Sweden re-militarises Baltic island of Gotland Sweden's Baltic Sea island of Gotland is once again home to a permanent military presence.

14 September 2016 18:16

China to launch second space laboratory: Xinhua China will launch its second space lab as the country works towards setting up its own space station, among several ambitious goals.

14 September 2016 18:08

More than a billion stars mapped in Milky Way: ESA The Gaia space probe, launched in December 2013, has mapped more than a billion stars in the Milky Way.

14 September 2016 18:03

Testing the driverless Uber -- first nerves, and then acceptance Uber has been testing its self-driving cars in Pittsburgh.

14 September 2016 17:54