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30-man Ballon d'Or award shortlist announced
The 30-man shortlist for the 2016 Ballon d’Or award has been revealed with 5-time winner Lionel Messi being once again among the players in contention for the prize.

The 30-man shortlist for the 2016 Ballon d’Or award has been revealed with 5-time winner Lionel Messi being once again among the players in contention for the prize.

A massive explosion causes casualties at a chamber of commerce building in the southwestern Turkish city of Antalya.

Hillary Clinton’s national lead over Donald Trump has shrunk to 5 points with the Election Day just two weeks away.

Abdul-Ghani Asadi, the commander of the Iraqi army’s anti-terrorism contingent, made the announcement on Monday.

The US ambassador to the Philippines says that America needs to stay in the southern parts of the country to curb militancy.

The United Nation Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) disbursed the money among 242 refugee families in Gaza.

The cause of the explosion still remains unknown but some reports say it could have been caused by illegally stored explosives.

The British government says it has removed Bank Saderat Iran from the list of sanctioned entities and has also unfrozen the assets of the key Iranian bank.

The US may try to “replace or destabilize” Filipino President Rodrigo Duterte after he announced his country's “separation” from Washington.

GOP nominee Donald Trump has blasted the “oversampling" of Democrats in polls as revealed in a recent batch of WikiLeaks releases.

Ankara claims its presence is meant to help remove Daesh from Iraq, but Baghdad says Turkey is neither present nor wanted in the Mosul offensive.

A number of US states and jurisdictions have started early voting, with 15 days to go until Election Day.

Iran’s national youth team gains entry to the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup in South Korea.

Incredible Humanoid robots have dominated a show at the World Robot Conference in Beijing, due to their physical similarities to humans.

The house of Argentina’s football legend Diego Maradona has been turned into a museum in the country’s capital Buenos Aires.

At least 59 Pakistani police cadets and trainers have been killed after militants attacked a police college in southwestern Pakistan.

US Marines will be stationed in Norway next year over security concerns, says the Norwegian Defense Ministry.

Hamas reacts to threats made by Israeli minister for military affairs over destroying the Palestinian resistance movement.