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Also Friday, a 20-year-old Palestinian was shot dead during clashes with Israeli forces near the Erez Crossing in Gaza, Palestinian Health Ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qedra said.

The repurchases, to be financed with debt and to have no time limit, would remove about 3.8 percent of the company’s outstanding shares.

Iraqi security forces on Wednesday retook control of more areas from the Islamic State (IS) militants in and near the oil refinery town of Baiji in Salahudin province, as part of a major offensive to free the northern parts of the province, a provincial security source said.

Javier Baez will take over at shortstop and bat ninth for the Cubs. Chicago leads series 2-1.

Out-of-favour Indian fast bowler Zaheer Khan, who picked up 311 wickets in 92 Tests and 282 wickets in 200 ODIs, announced his retirement from global cricket on Thursday.

It looks like Obamacare enrollment is hitting a wall.

An Australian regulator has raised antitrust concerns over a proposed $6.5 billion takeover by Canada’s Brookfield Asset Management of local freight firm Asciano Ltd, delaying the country’s biggest inbound M&A deal in four years. The Australian Competition &...

National Foundation for Teen Safe Driving (NFTSD) is joining with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and other organizations across the country to promote National Teen Driver Safety Week.

The Times’ main news story called it “a dominant performance”.

Instead, it ended with a handshake between the two front-runners. Obama, debating this very issue. The fiercer conflict between Republican candidates is a result of more uncertain outcome on their side, with the Democratic line-up feeling like a coronation for Hillary Clinton.

If you weren’t annoyed at DraftKings and FanDuel already, the New York Times has revealed more shady inner-workings of the fantasy sports businesses. Of course, this wasn’t enough to stop a class action lawsuit from being filed against both companies late this week....

The 26-year-old Houston Texans defensive end recently surprised kids at Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston during its Spirit of Halloween event and showed up dressed up as Batman! Watt’s spare time, he naps (as we saw on Hard Knocks), he jumps super high, he even...

In order to make sure peace with Pakistan, Indians ought to chant ‘Om Shanti Om,’ and comply with the rules of ‘Atithi Devo Bhava’ to welcome our personal dying with folded palms, as our prime obligation, the party urged.

They couldn’t provide the knockout punch, however.

Farmers affected by drought in Khariff will be provided fresh finance for Rabi cultivation during the current Rabi season which has commenced from 1st of October this year. The minister said that delay in transplantation of paddy has been reported from various places in the state.