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US President Donald Trump said on Friday that Abu-Bilal al-Minuki, second in command of Isis globally, had been eliminated in an operation conducted by US…
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Malaysian police will investigate claims that fugitive financier Jho Low returned to the country for secret meetings.
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The picturesque old village of Tin Sam Tsuen in Hong Kong, marked by small houses built with bricks in a traditional colour and an ancestral…