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Beijing: China said on Monday would place temporary duties on "certain dairy products" imported from the European Union, marking the latest salvo in...

Washington, United States: US President Donald Trump announced Sunday the appointment of Louisiana's Republican governor as the country's special envoy to Greenland, the...

Tokyo: A Japanese regional assembly backed a plan on Monday to restart the world's biggest nuclear plant for the first time since the...

Tokyo: Japan's flagship H3 rocket failed to launch a geolocation satellite into orbit on Monday due to engine failure, the country's space agency...

Sydney: Australia is reckoning with its deadliest mass shooting in decades after a father and son opened fire on crowds gathered for a...

Moscow: A senior Russian general was killed in southern Moscow on Monday after an explosive device placed under his car went off, investigators...

Wellington, New Zealand: New Zealand said Monday it had agreed a wide-ranging free-trade deal with India that eliminates tariffs on 95 percent of...

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: Former Malaysian leader Najib Razak lost a bid to have his jail term changed to house arrest on Monday, a...

Ottawa, Canada: Canada’s population fell by 0.2% in the third quarter to stand at 41.6 million, marking the only quarterly decline on record...

Gaza: Health authorities in Gaza Strip confirmed that around 1,500 children are awaiting the opening of border crossings to travel and receive treatment...

Mogadishu: Somalia will deploy more than 10,000 security personnel in the capital, Mogadishu, ahead of next week's local elections -- the first direct...

Tehran: Iranians of all religions and walks of life mark the ancient Persian festival of Yalda Sunday, though many say economic hardships fanned...

Abuja: Nigerian authorities have secured the release of 130 kidnapped schoolchildren taken by gunmen from a Catholic school in November, a presidential spokesman...

San Francisco, United States: Power has been restored inSan Franciscoto most of the 130,000 homes and businesses impacted by a massive outage for...

Paris: French President Emmanuel Macron announced on Sunday the launch of development and construction work on the French Navy's future aircraft carrier, a...

Manila, Philippines: The Philippines' Department of Agriculture on Sunday said the ban on sugar importation will remain in place until December next year,...

Taipei, Taiwan: Taiwan police on Sunday ruled out "terrorism" in a metro stabbing in the capital Taipei, where an attacker killed three and...

Washington, United States: The United States "apprehended" an oil tanker off Venezuela on Saturday, a move Caracas deemed a "theft and kidnapping," in...