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India's ruling party loses key state election amid protests
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist party has lost a key state legislature election, a setback for the party as it faces massive anti-government protests against a contentious new citizenship law.
Chinese ambassador says ties with Kuwait at best level in history
Relations between China and Kuwait is at the best level in history, Chinese Ambassador to Kuwait Li Minggang said in Kuwait City on Tuesday.
Gentle, microscopic hands developed to study tiny, soft materials
Researchers at the University of Illinois (UI) have honed a technique for handling tiny, soft particles using precisely controlled fluid flows that act as gentle microscopic hands, according to a news release posted on UI's website on Monday.
Trump downplays DPRK's possible "Christmas surprise"
U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday downplayed the significance of a possible "Christmas surprise" from Pyongyang, saying he would deal with it successfully.
Putin says Russia is leading world in hypersonic weapons
President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that Russia is the only country in the world that has hypersonic weapons.
Nigerian troops kill 31 Boko Haram militants in gunfight
At least 31 Boko Haram militants were killed in a gunfight when the troops laid an ambush for them in Nigeria's northeastern state of Yobe, a spokesman for the army said on Monday.
Botswana beefs up efforts against rhino poaching
Botswana said on Monday that it is fighting rhino poaching harder in the Okavango Delta in the northern part of the country.
7 Afghan soldiers killed in military camp attack: gov't
Seven Afghan army soldiers were killed and six security personnel were wounded after Taliban insurgents attacked a joint military camp in the country's northern Balkh province on Tuesday, the defense ministry confirmed.
8 die from H1N1 flu in Yemen's capital
The Yemeni public health authorities said in a statement that eight Yemenis died from the H1N1 flu in Sanaa in the past weeks, a local media outlet reported Monday.
Palestinian president conveys message of peace to world ahead of Christmas
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday conveyed a message of peace to the world ahead of Christmas, official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported.