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A celebrated Japanese climber who lost all but one finger to frostbite on Everest has died on his eighth attempt to reach the summit, officials said Monday. Nobukazu Kuriki had fallen ill and was descending when his team lost contact with him. The 35-year-old is the third climber this month to perish on the world's highest peak.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 20 - The police’s recent raids on properties linked to former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak have so far involved confiscation of hundreds of high-end handbags. This...

Anwar Ibrahim has a simple message for ethnic Malays who fear losing benefits they enjoyed under the previous government’s six-decade rule: Don’t worry. Anwar, who is expected to replace 92-year-old Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad in a year or two, said Malaysia must assure the nation’s largest racial group that its security would be upheld. Previously Anwar, 70, had called for affirmative action policies that favor ethnic Malays to be dismantled.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - Despite losing the Republican primary in a distant third-place, convicted ex-coal baron Don Blankenship announced Monday that he will continue his bid for U.S. Senate as a third-party candidate, though it's unclear if the move violates West Virginia's "sore loser" law.

Katy Perry, finally applying some Simon Cowell-style tough love in the season's penultimate episode, called round one a “disaster" and even yelled at the top three to “wake up."

TUBIZE, Belgium (Reuters) - Radja Nainggolan ended his international career on Monday after Belgium coach Roberto Martinez left the AS Roma midfielder out of his squad for next month's World Cup in Russia.

The couple honored Princess Diana's memory in the sweetest way. From Good Housekeeping