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ANKARA: Former Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani passed away at the age of 82 at a hospital in Tehran on Sunday, according to...

KHARTOUM, Sudan:  A pro-government militia has claimed it saved 115 hostages from the clutches of human traffickers in a desert along Sudan's border...

JOHANNESBURG: President Jacob Zuma has urged South Africans to not visit Israel unless it is related to "fostering peace" in the region. Addressing...

ATHENS: Freezing temperatures and heavy snowfall since Saturday are making things even harder for the thousands of refugees and migrants staying at the...

BAGHDAD: At least six Iraqi civilians were killed when a suicide bomber struck a market in eastern Baghdad on Sunday, according to a...

YANGON, Myanmar: Security personnel were deployed to guard a Muslim ceremony in Myanmar’s former capital Yangon on Sunday after a group of Buddhist...

TAIZ, Yemen: At least five civilians were killed and many injured when a truck hit a landmine in Taiz’s Al-Taziya district, according to...

LONDON: The promise to give Scottish voters a second referendum on independence is not a ‘bluff’, the country’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said...

JERUSALEM: At least five people, including four Israelis and an alleged Palestinian attacker were killed after a truck rammed into pedestrians in Jerusalem...

BEIRUT: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said his government is ready to negotiate on "everything" in proposed peace talks in Kazakhstan but said it...

ISTANBUL: Turkish-led air and ground operations in Syria killed 48 Islamic State militants on Sunday while Turkish warplanes destroyed 23 buildings and shelters...

Detroit: The global auto industry on Monday was bracing for more confrontational tweets from President-elect Donald Trump, with the festive Detroit auto show...

SRINAGAR, India: Several unidentified militants attacked a camp housing road construction workers in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday, killing...

ACCRA: Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo came under fire on Sunday when it emerged that his inaugural address plaigiarised quotes from speeches by U.S....

Tehran:  Former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, a pugnacious political survivor despite his support for moderates, died on Sunday after suffering a heart...

MUSCAT: More than 400 expatriate workers were caught every week in 2016 for violating labour laws, reports Times of Oman, quoting the statistics...

Throwing litter, including cigarette butts while driving is a punishable crime and the law breaker will be jailed for 10 days in Oman,...

Faisalabad, Pakistan: As Pakistan slowly emerges from a long-term power crisis, its once booming textile sector is scrambling to find its feet --...