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By heating tobacco instead of burning it, the company says the device, known as iQOS, avoids subjecting smokers to the same levels of carcinogens and other toxic substances found in a regular cigarette.

Southern Xinjiang, where Korla is located, is one of the most heavily policed places on earth.

According to the criminal complaint and supporting documents, Track Palin, 28, broke through a window of the house in Wasilla, Alaska, and scuffled with his father, Todd Palin, on Saturday night in a clash that stemmed from a family dispute over a truck.

Against this scenario, he declared: "We will deepen our strategic partnership with India and support its leadership role in Indian Ocean security and throughout the broader region."

The Afshar area of Kabul where the attack was under way is close to a facility of the National Directorate of Security, the main Afghan intelligence agency, as well as a private university.

China aims to establish a comprehensive damage-compensation system to protect its environment in the next three years, Xinhua reported, citing a document issued on Sunday by the general offices of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and the Sta...

Passage of the measure would mark a massive win for a leader who has yet to notch any major legislative victory after nearly a year in office.

Pence, an evangelical Christian who had planned to highlight the plight of Christian minorities during his trip, will not meet with Palestinian Christians or with officials from the Coptic Christian church, who declined a meeting in response to the US mov...

The man was rumaging through bins at the Charles de Gaulle airport northeast of Paris last Friday when he checked a door at the Loomis cash management company and found it had been left open.

With 92 percent of precincts reporting, former prosecutor Jones secured 49.5 percent of the vote compared to Roy Moore's 48.8 percent, CNN and other networks reported.

The South Korean government said those added were 20 North Korean groups, including several banks and companies, and 12 individuals.

The study by UK-based Quilliam group calls for greater government support to help integrate British Pakistani people into modern UK society.

The anonymous buyer, who bid by telephone, scooped up the community that real estate auctioneers Karhausen had given a starting price of 125,000 euros ($148,000).

President Donald Trump's administration had requested the US Supreme Court to block the release of documents concerning his decision to end a programme that shielded from deportation hundreds of thousands of young adults dubbed "Dreamers" brought into the...

The mission, known as MONUSCO, said it was coordinating a joint response with the Congolese army as well as medical evacuations of the wounded from the base in North Kivu's Beni territory.

Al Franken, the 66-year-old former comedian from Minnesota, has the highest profile of the lawmakers hit by allegations in the past few weeks.