Shianee Mamanglu-Regala
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Looming Asian flashpoint: US warship set to challenge China control of disputed isles
China's claim of territorial sovereignty in the South China Sea could be challenged in days when the White House finally gives the green light to sail a Navy ship near one of its newly built artificial islands.
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Expert: Russia targeting own citizens who are fighting for ISIS, other jihadist groups
Moscow is targeting Russians who may have joined various Sunni jihadi, including Islamic State militants, a Middle East expert has claimed.
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Pentagon admits: North Korea now capable of launching nuclear missiles aimed at US
The United States government have acknowledged North Korea's capability to launch nuclear missiles against the homeland, but stress that Pentagon is adequately prepared for it
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Vatican Synod urges Catholics to avoid using derogatory words on homosexuals
The Synod of Bishops are calling on Catholics to avoid using 'condescending' language toward homosexuals and instead find ways to welcome them as sons and daughters of the Church.
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NATO warns Russia on 'unacceptable' and 'dangerous' incursions into Turkey airspace
NATO's Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has reportedly condemned Russia's incursions into Turkey's airspace calling it "unacceptable and dangerous'' as the incidents add further tensions to the ongoing Russia's military intervention in Syria.
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Ali Khamenei bans further talks with US, citing 'numerous disadvantages' for Iran
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is reportedly imposing ban on negotiations with the United States, stressing that talks with the "Great Satan'' brought only disadvantages to Iran.
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South Carolina braces for another round of massive flooding as more heavy rains seen
At least 19 people has reportedly died as a result of heavy rainfall in South Carolina, which has stopped Tuesday but inundated rivers and dams that pose further threats to the residents in the neighbourhood.
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Religious leaders, rights advocates urge Obama to declare ISIS acts as 'genocide'
Religious leaders and activists are urging President Barack Obama to formally declare the killing and displacement of Middle Eastern religious minorities by the Islamic State militants as genocide.
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Assisted suicide law in California leaves many unanswered questions, coroners say
In California, there is now a new law that legalize doctors to prescribe lethal doses of medication to terminally-ill or dying patients. But a group representing county coroners said the measure signed by Gov. Jerry Brown on Monday, leaves so many questions that have to be addressed, including how to classify physican-assisted death on death certificates.
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China all set to join Russian offensive vs. Islamist, other anti-Assad forces in Syria
China is reportedly preparing to team up with Moscow to bolster the offensive launched in the war-torn country and against the Islamic State.
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'Even war has rules': US airstrike on MSF hospital an 'attack on Geneva conventions'
US Pres. Barack Obama has reportedly vowed to conduct a full investigation into the aerial bombings apparently launched by US military forces on a facility of the Doctors Without Borders (MSF), which killed 22 people and wounded hundred others last week.
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Saudi double whammy: Woman who gets cheated by her husband may face jail time
A Saudi wife who posted a footage online of her husband groping their house help could be put behind bars because of the Kingdom's defamation laws, Emirates 24/7 reported.