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The Korean Olympic Committee (KOC) has reportedly scheduled an emergency meeting for Friday, July 8th, where the topic of whether or not banned swimmer Park Tae Hwan will be able to compete at the 2016 Olympic Games is at the top of the agenda.

Yasser al-Tayeb, a spokesman for the Army of Islam group, said clashes with pro-government forces have not let up.

Earlier in the week, Second Vice President James Wani Igga warned that the country could become ungovernable if the security forces don’t address the issue of unknown gunmen that have been killing people in Juba. A presidential source said he heard gunfire and explosions...

Burhan was killed along with two more militants, one of them identified as Sartaj Ahmad alias Abu Ukasa. The encounter erupted in Bumdoora village of Kokernag in the district after a joint team of police and army launched a search operation on the basis of specific intelligence...

With the Afghan government struggling to contain a resurgent Taliban, Australia has also pledged ongoing funding to help prop up Afghan security forces.

Donald Trump’s campaign is planning a rally in the Indianapolis area following a fundraiser in the city with Indiana Gov. Mike Pence next week.

The former House speaker, who is one of the top candidates to be Trump’s vice presidential nominee on the Republican ticket, said in a phone interview with CNN Thursday that he was “very angry” about what he considered to be “the media’s deliberate...

Waves are seen behind a girl as Typhoon Nepartak approaches, in Yilan, Taiwan July 7, 2016. Philippine forecasters warned fishing boats not to venture out to sea and commercial…

Clinton’s “College Compact”, which aims to create a more affordable path to higher education for all students, doesn’t quite adopt the Vermont senator’s goal of free higher education across the board, but it definitely makes moves in that direction.

Attorney General Loretta Lynch formally closed the case Wednesday. Comey recommended Petraeus be charged with a felony, but then-Attorney General Eric Holder downgraded the charge to a misdemeanour.

China says it is perfectly within its rights to do what it wants on the islands in the South China Sea, saying they have been Chinese territory since ancient times.

Business activity was severely subdued in Zimbabwe’s capital Harare and other major cities on Wednesday after a social media-organized movement successfully persuaded many urban Zimbabweans to stay at home to protest against the country’s economic decay.

The gatherings with House and Senate Republicans came after Trump said at a rally in OH on Wednesday night that it was a mistake for his campaign to remove a tweet attacking Clinton with a six-pointed star placed on top of a bed of money.

Neither Trump nor his campaign apologized for the tweet but deleted the original post and uploaded an edited graphic with a circle instead of the six-pointed star.

Speaking in front of six other African leaders and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Museveni forgot the name of former Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, appeared to have only faint idea what the Balfour Declaration was, and referred to Israel as Palestine a few times.