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WELLINGTON: A tiny Samoan airline says it will introduce an “XL” class for super-sized passengers, featuring extra-wide rows and special ramps to help them reac

ENNISKILLEN: A dip in the icy waters of a Northern Irish lake proved the ideal tonic before a day of tough talks with G8 leaders on tax evasion and the Syria cr

WASHINGTON: It’s not bubbly-cute any more, but Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew’s new official signature, to go on all new US banknotes, should meet boss President

BRUSSELS: A woman who says she is the unrecognized daughter of Belgian King Albert II has summoned the monarch and two of his children to appear in a Brussels c

Legendary Pakistani television actor Shakeel, aka Yusuf Kamal, said there is abundant talent in Pakistan and that the new generation in the acting industry is doing good

LOS ANGELES: British comic Russell Brand told Katy Perry he was divorcing her by text message, the US pop star said in a new magazine interview, adding that she hasn&rsq

Along a dirt track on an unexpectedly cool and windy night on Jordan’s border with Syria, as shadows lengthened across the barren hills, UNHCR Special Envoy Angeli

Forced by Syria’s war to sit her secondary school diploma exam in northern Lebanon, Riham Othman, 19, bursts into tears, fearing the Lebanese authorities will neve