Dreamers stake hope on big jackpot

What would you do with a whopping $1.5 billion?

'El Chapo' moved in jail to foil escape

Mexico's government is moving Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman constantly from cell to cell inside the maximum security prison where he is being held, the same lockup the elusive drug lord escaped from through a tunnel six months ago.

Wartime 'comfort women' refuse payment

South Korea's wartime sex slavery victims on Wednesday refused to receive reparations from the Japanese government, calling the Seoul-Tokyo agreement on the war crime a "nullification."

Supreme Court allows US military agreement

The Philippines Supreme Court approved a landmark defense cooperation deal with the United States on Tuesday, paving the way for US forces to deploy to an array of bases throughout the country.

Obama tells anxious US to embrace future change

US President Barack Obama told US citizens nervous about terror and a changing economy that they should not fear the future, in a farewell State of the Union address on Tuesday that drew sharp contrast with Republicans.

Mission launched to cure cancer 'once and for all'

US President Barack Obama on Tuesday pledged to undertake a historic push to develop a cure for cancer, tapping Vice-President Joe Biden to lead the effort.

Teheran releases US sailors, boats

Iran's Revolutionary Guards have released 10 US sailors and their patrol boats after investigations showed they had entered Iranian waters unintentionally, a statement said on Wednesday.

Deadly bombing lays bare worsening security situation

A suicide bombing attack on Istanbul's historic Sultanahmet Square on Tuesday has left 10 people dead, among them nine German tourists, laying bare a worsening security situation in crises-ridden Turkey.

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David Bowie fans mourn with song

From his birthplace in London to his adopted home in New York, David Bowie fans around the world gathered on Monday to mourn a star who many said had shaped their lives.

'Like jail': Shelters not the answer for NY homeless

Life on the streets of New York may be miserable for the thousands of homeless who sleep rough, but many are disillusioned by stepped-up efforts to eradicate a modern-day crisis.

Dozens killed in attacks in Baghdad, eastern town

Gunmen detonated suicide vests inside a shopping complex in Baghdad on Monday and a car bomb exploded nearby in an attack claimed by Islamic State that killed at least 18 people and wounded 40 others.