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The poll, released on Wednesday, showed Clinton leading 49-44 per cent in the head-to-head matchup.

Singapore on Wednesday honoured a 58-year-old Indian-origin man with Public Spiritedness Award for his life-saving efforts to help an elderly unconscious Chinese man.

Jihadist group Islamic State (IS) executed at least seven of its militants who tried to flee the embattled city of Mosul, local news website Ara News reported, citing local activists.

At least 48 people were killed and 75 wounded when gunman stormed a Pakistani police training academy in the southwestern city of Quetta, hospital officials said on Tuesday.

America's top diplomat for Asia said Monday that Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's controversial remarks and a "real climate of uncertainty" about his government's intentions have sparked distress in the U.S. and other countries.

US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump vowed on Saturday to sue the women who have accused him of sexual misconduct in recent weeks.

The entire territory of Syria must be "liberated," Russian President Vladimir Putin's spokesman said in remarks televised Saturday, dismissing demands for Syrian President Bashar Assad's departure as "thoughtless."

The Pakistan government is likely to announce the name of the new army chief in a week's time, the Express Tribune newspaper reported on Friday quoting the State Minister for Capital Administration Tariq Fazl Chaudhry.

Fourteen people remained trapped on Friday under the wreckage of a packed passenger train that derailed en route between Cameroon's two largest cities, killing at least 55 and injuring at least 575.

A former contractor with the National Security Administration (NSA) has stolen a whopping 500 million pages of sensitive government record over the last two decades.

Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton beat Republican rival Donald Trump 52 per cent to 39 per cent in Wednesday night's final presidential debate, according to a CNN/ORC poll of debate watchers.

In the third and final presidential debate with Democratic rival Hillary Clinton, Trump said he would wait to decide whether the outcome was legitimate.

From News Media to US House of Representatives speaker Paul Ryan, Donald Trump has lashed out at everyone holding them responsible for his continuous debacle in poll after poll. He even went on to declare the electoral process as rigged with no evidence t...

"Reports that Secretary Kerry had conversations with Ecuadorian officials about this are simply untrue. Period," State Department spokesman John Kirby said yesterday.

US President Barack Obama on Tuesday scolded Donald Trump over his repeated claims that the upcoming November 8 election was "rigged" against him, telling the Republican presidential candidate to "stop whining”.

Iraqi federal and allied forces have been tightening the noose on Mosul, the jihadist organisation's main stronghold in the country, for months.