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DANDONG, China: A labour agent sat in his bus on a recent frigid morning, waiting to cross the "Friendship Bridge" at China's main...

Banjul, Gambia: Gambia's president once said he would govern the country for a billion years if God willed it. But voters may deliver...

BANGKOK: Thailand's cabinet on Tuesday acknowledged the appointment of a new king, Defence Minister Prawit Wongsuwan said, more than one month after the...

Bartalla: An Iraqi officer shuffled through identity cards as he sat at a battered desk by the side of the dust-blown highway heading...

Aleppo: Syria's rebels lost all the northern neighbourhoods of their stronghold in east Aleppo yesterday, as the army made significant advances in its...

JUBA, South Sudan: South Sudan's government has accepted with "no conditions" an increase in the peacekeeping force in the country as mandated by...

Ankara: Turkish authorities are investigating foster families for suspected ties to a failed coup and may remove children from homes if their guardians...

BOSASSO:Hundreds of pro-government Somali forces began moving toward the port town of Qandala on Monday for an offensive against Islamic State fighters who...

Kuwait City: The Kuwaiti cabinet yesterday submitted its resignation to the Emir of the Gulf state following snap parliamentary polls, an official statement...

Port-au-Prince: Haiti's interim leader Jocelerme Privert on Monday called for calm before preliminary results from the first round of the Caribbean country's presidential...

YANGON/WASHINGTON: From a remote corner of northeastern Myanmar, an insurgent army sells tin ore to suppliers of some of the world’s largest consumer...

OTTAWA: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will not attend the funeral of Fidel Castro, his office said on Monday, days after Trudeau’s warm...

Rabat: A public television station in Morocco has apologised after uproar on social media followed its broadcast of an item on makeup to...

KOLKATA: Police in eastern India have rescued 13 babies and discovered the skeletons of two infants in raids on homes for the elderly...

MAFRAQ, Jordan: At a supermarket cash register in Zaatari refugee camp, a shopper looks into a small screen as a device scans her...

Johannesburg: South African President Jacob Zuma on Monday faced the biggest challenge to his leadership since taking power in 2009 as the ruling...

Chicago: At least eight people were injured Monday in an apparent shooting at Ohio State University, officials said, with the Columbus campus still...

Ottawa: An average of three Canadian soldiers were sexually assaulted or harassed each day over the past year, usually by a superior, according...