The race to become governor of Indonesia's capital was neck and neck on Wednesday, and heading for a second round between the incumbent governor and a Muslim former education minister, sample counts showed.
An invasion of armyworms is stripping southern Africa of key food crops and could spread to other parts of the continent, experts warned on Tuesday at an emergency meeting of 16 African nations.
Employees of Australia's government-owned air traffic control organization have warned that recent job cuts could lead to a "major aviation accident", with one executive saying it is "only a matter of time" before an incident occurs.
The future of United Kingdom's new Moorside nuclear plant was thrown into doubt on Tuesday after Japan's Toshiba, which is developing the project with France's Engie, said it planned to pull out of the construction work.
US President Donald Trump was scheduled to host Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House on Wednesday, their first meeting since the inauguration and one that promises to shape the contours of Middle East policy for the years ahead.
The operator of a Japanese hotel chain already in hot water for denying a Japanese World War II atrocity has come under fire for reported anti-Semitic remarks.
For US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, the next few days will be a reassurance tour with a twist.
Brazil is sending 9,000 soldiers to Rio de Janeiro ahead of the city's Carnival to boost security, following violent street protests and attempts to paralyze the police, the defense minister said on Tuesday.
Government hands out vitamin pills to help healthy pregnancies and stimulate birthrate
The Philippines' environment minister on Tuesday ordered the cancellation of 75 mining contracts, stepping up a campaign to stop extraction of resources in sensitive areas after earlier shutting more than half of the country's operating mines.
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