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Gaza City, Palestinian Territories:  Dozens of Palestinians protested in Gaza on Monday over ongoing electricity shortages, the latest in a series of demonstrations...

BUCHAREST, Romania: Officials suspended shipping along Europe's second-longest waterway on Tuesday as a polar spell gripped a large swathe of the continent, causing...

Hong Kong: The top US diplomat in Hong Kong yesterday described as "unfortunate" Beijing's perceived interference last year, saying in a speech it...

Bangkok: The new Thai king's office has requested changes to a draft constitution regarding his royal powers and the government has agreed to...

Berlin: The chairman of Germany’s Social Democrats (SPD), Sigmar Gabriel (pictured), has decided to run against conservative Angela Merkel for the chancellorship in...

Seoul: Disgraced South Korean President Park Geun-hye's longtime friend at the centre of a massive corruption scandal refused to testify at Park's impeachment...

London: Industrial action brought fresh disruption for travellers in Britain on Tuesday as rail workers and airline cabin crew walked off the job,...

Belgrade/Sarajevo/ Warsaw: At least eight people have died as subzero cold and heavy snow enveloped the Balkans, with tens of thousands stranded in...

Riyadh: (AP)Lebanon's newly elected president met yesterday with the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi...

Dubai: Hundreds of thousands of Iranians massed in central Tehran yesterday for the funeral of former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, an influential figurehead...

Ankara: Police yesterday killed an assailant who tried to attack the police station in the Turkish city of Gaziantep, near the border with...

TOKYO: Japan is always gathering and analysing information on North Korea's nuclear missile situation with great interest, its top government spokesman said yesterday....

Surat THANI: Flash floods in southern Thailand washed out a bridge on the country's main north-south highway yesterday, backing up traffic for 200km...

Karachi: Pakistan's major opposition parties expressed scepticism yesterday about the government's proposal to revive special military courts to try civilians charged with terrorism,...

Kabul: A Taliban suicide attack in the Afghan capital Kabul yesterday killed more than 30 people and wounded some 70 others, as twin...

Brussels: EU Commissioner Guenther Oettinger defended himself over controversial remarks he made about women and Chinese people. The German conservative politician was questioned...

London: The number of women parliamentarians in Britain is “shockingly low” and the government should set targets to achieve equal representation by 2030,...