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Libya, which plunged into chaos after the fall of Moamer Kadhafi in 2011, currently has two rival parliaments vying for power as well several militia groups battling for control of the country's vast resource wealth.

China's central bank said the yuan's devaluation was a result of reforms intended to make its exchange rate more market-based.

A top Chinese military general, who led an opulent lifestyle, was on Monday given a suspended death sentence for bribery and abuse of power.

In a minute-long video uploaded to YouTube last month, two young Saudi women walk along a waterfront promenade in Jeddah as a group of young men follow them.

According to Vasternorrland police, the man, who was reportedly drunk, may face a fine or imprisonment of up to six months, 'The Local' reported.

In the nervous aftermath of the Hiroshima bombing 70 years ago, citizens spent decades on alert for a nuclear war that would wipe out billions in a radioactive firestorm and render Earth uninhabitable.

Super Typhoon Soudelor developed into the world's most powerful storm of the year on Tuesday as it took aim at Japan, Taiwan and China.

China has also called for conducting cooperation with the US side and any other country to protect cyber security and its peaceful order.

Rescue workers in Myanmar raced on Monday to help tens of thousands of people in remote areas enduring roof-top high floods, as the death toll climbed to at least 46.

An armistice signed in the Belarus capital Minsk in February requires both sides to pull back heavy weapons from the front line, but international observers vetting that process regularly note violations.

Debris found in the Indian Ocean even if it is from MH370 would not help pinpoint the final resting place of the plane that mysteriously vanished over a year ago with 239 people on board, Australia cautioned on Friday.

Astronomers have discovered the first aurora outside our solar system, around a brown dwarf about 18 light years away from Earth, which is up to 10,000 times more powerful than any previously seen.

Cardiovascular risk factors, such as alcohol consumption, smoking, obesity and diabetes, are linked with smaller regional brain volumes that may be early indicators of Alzheimer's disease and dementia, a new study has found.

According to the NHS report, black minority ethnic doctors are likely to face more severe sanctions than non-BME doctors.

Democratic 2016 presidential contender Hillary Clinton ran into a new political storm over the use of a private server for sending official emails with reports suggesting that some emailed material contained classified information.

Flowing nitrogen ice glaciers have been glimpsed on the surface of Pluto, along with an unexpectedly thick layer of haze in the atmosphere, NASA scientists said on Friday.