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Mumbai: In India's sprawling financial hub of Mumbai armies of "dabbawalas" have for decades crisscrossed the city by foot and bicycle, delivering home-cooked...

Beijing: Chinese 12-year-old swimming sensation Yu Zidi could be the brightest young star at this year's world championships after producing a string of...

Gaza City, Palestinian Territories: Gaza's civil defence agency said Saturday that an Israeli strike in the southern city of Khan Yunis killed nine...

Tripoli:Libya's state-owned National Oil Corporation (NOC) announced on Saturday that it had shut down a pipeline following the discovery of an oil leak...

Sydney: Torrential rain continued to lash eastern Australia on Thursday, swelling already engorged rivers, engulfing roads and leaving almost 50,000 people stranded. Police...

Abidjan: The 7th Abidjan International Agriculture and Animal Resources Exhibition, a major agricultural fair in West Africa, opened here Friday, with China participating...

Moscow: Russia and Ukraine on Saturday exchanged 307 prisoners each under an agreement reached during recent talks in Istanbul, said the Russian Defense...

Addis Ababa: The 24th "Chinese Bridge" Chinese Proficiency Competition for Ethiopian college students was held Friday in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia's capital, with 14...

Gaza: Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), Philippe Lazzarini, has stressed that...

Gaza: Seven Palestinians were martyred in Israeli bombardment of areas across the northern Gaza Strip. The Israeli occupying forces shelled the Bir Al...

Mexico City: A leader of a notorious Mexican drug cartel who had a bounty on his head in the United States has died...

Manila: Three people were killed after they were swept away in flash floods that hit villages in Sultan Kudarat province in the southern...

Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia's leading index, which provides an early indication of turning points in the business cycle and the direction of the economy...

Dubai: The United Arab Emirates breached its May temperature record for the second day in a row, hitting 51.6 degrees Celsius on Saturday,...

Dhaka: Bangladesh's interim government, which took over after a mass uprising last year, warned on Saturday that unity was needed to "prevent the...

Brussels, Belgium: The European Commission urged Hungary on Saturday to drop a planned law that critics have denounced as an attempt to muzzle...

Paris: French taxi drivers will next week step up protest actions, including paralysing access to Paris airports and the French Open tennis championship,...

San Diego: The six people onboard a small plane that crashlanded on a California neighborhood amid dense fog were all killed, according to...