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BANGKOK: A Thai soldier killed at least 10 people in a shooting rampage on Saturday in the city of Nakhon Ratchasima in the...

BEIJING: The rate of increase in new cases of the virus in China rose again after a brief respite, as the death toll...

Five people from Britain, including one child, are hospitalized in France with the new virus from China after contracting it during a holiday...

Tehran: Iran repelled a cyberattack on Saturday that disrupted the country's internet services for an hour, a telecommunications ministry official said. "At 11:44...

Medical workers at the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak say overwhelmed services and a dearth of protective equipment are putting them at risk...

Damascus: The Syrian army took control of the strategic northwestern crossroads town of Saraqeb on Saturday in the latest gain of a weeks-long...

WASHINGTON: The temperature in northern Antarctica hit nearly 65 degrees (18.3 degrees Celsius), a likely heat record on the continent best known for...

RAMALLAH, West Bank:  Israel has escalated a trade war with the Palestinians by stopping their agricultural exports through Jordan, Palestinian Agriculture Minister Riyal...

Tehran: Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Saturday that the Islamic republic must become strong enough to ward off the "enemy's threats"...

A 60-year-old U.S. citizen died in Wuhan, China on Thursday, the U.S. embassy in Beijing said. "We offer our sincerest condolences to the...

Washington  - A US Army officer who testified at the hearings in the House of Representatives which led to the impeachment of President...

Washington - Facebook, Twitter and Google-owned YouTube have refused to pull down an edited video posted by US President Donald Trump that showed...

New Delhi - Voters in New Delhi began voting on Saturday in a state election seen as a test of Indian Prime Minister...

Singapore - Anxious Singapore shoppers formed long lines at grocery stores Saturday and cleared the shelves of essential items, after the city-state raised...

Melbourne - A tropical cyclone expected to hit Western Australia on Saturday was forecast to bring ferocious winds and a potentially dangerous storm...

BARCELONA:  Cars and buses hurtled by as Zafar stood frozen on the spot, legal documents in hand, glancing anxiously at his apartment block...

KUALA LUMPUR:  An Indonesian crowdsourcing app is tapping into the competitive spirit of its users by creating Pokemon Go-type games to help map...

JALI, Gambia:  Sirreh Samateh has worked outdoors through all eight of her pregnancies, labouring in the sun to grow rice and vegetables in...