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Married to a businessman who made his fortune in real estate and the energy sector, 68-year-old Anne-Elisabeth Falkevik disappeared on October 31.

Trump often describes major American news outlets like The New York Times, The Washington Post and CNN as part of the fake news media.

On Sunday, she was held at Bangkok airport and alleged that she would be killed if she was repatriated by Thai immigration officials, who had confirmed the 18-year-old was denied entry to the country.

The man targeted, Jamal al-Badawi, was wanted for his role in the attack that occurred on Oct 12, 2000 and killed 17 sailors.

The latest "yellow vest" marches began peacefully but degenerated in the afternoon as protesters threw missiles at riot police blocking bridges over the Seine.

On Friday, government spokesman Benjamin Griveaux denounced those still protesting as "agitators who want insurrection and, basically, to overthrow the government".

Police and fire officials are still trying to figure out how the room caught fire, killing the 15-year-old girls and causing one other person to be hospitalized with severe burns.

The comments underscoring Shanahan's focus on China came during his first meeting with secretaries of the US military branches since taking over for Jim Mattis. Other officials describe Shanahan as the driving force of the Pentagon's toughening stance tow...

Semi-autonomous Hong Kong currently enjoys liberties unseen on the mainland including freedom of expression and the press under a deal struck with Britain before the 1997 handover. But concern is growing that those rights are being eroded by an increasing...

The landslide that plunged down surrounding hills just before sunset Monday buried 30 houses in Sirnaresmi village in West Java's Sukabumi district.

So far the incident has claimed at least seven lives and only six survivors have been found, including a 13-year-old boy. Battling the freezing temperatures, rescuers had worked through the night combing through debris and trying to stabilise the remainin...

Prime Minister Hasina's Awami League and its allies won a landslide victory in the general elections on Sunday, bagging 288 of the total 299 seats which went to the polls.

The flag was painted on the floor several years ago to encourage passers by to tread on it, a mark of disrespect, unions said at the time.

The products to be banned included chocolate, wheat and beer as well as sunflower oil, bread, jam, children's nappies and wine.

China exercises a zero-tolerance policy towards drug trafficking, and has handed death sentences to foreigners found guilty of smuggling large quantities of illicit drugs. Four other Japanese were executed in China in 2010 for drugs offences.

Anak Krakatau now has a volume of 40-70 million cubic metres and lost 150-180 million cubic metres of volume since the December 22 eruption and tsunami, according to Indonesia's Center for Volcanology and Geological Disaster Mitigation.