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BERLIN: Germany's cabinet approved a bill on Wednesday to strengthen curbs on steep rent increases in big cities that are hurting tenants and...

Boston: Boston City Councilor Ayanna Pressley beat a 10-term incumbent on Tuesday to win the Democratic nomination to run for the U.S. Congress,...

NAIROBI: An Ethiopian commercial ship docked in an Eritrean port for the first time in two decades on Wednesday, state-affiliated media said, in...

Islamabad: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo landed in Islamabad Wednesday to meet new Prime Minister Imran Khan, saying he was hoping to...

Dhaka: Motorcyclists without helmets will be barred from buying fuel at filling stations in the Bangladesh capital Dhaka, police said. The move is...

GULFPORT, Miss.: Thousands of people were without power as Tropical Storm Gordon made landfall late Tuesday just west of the Alabama-Mississippi border. The...

Berlin: German news agency dpa is reporting that hundreds of police have entered a forest that protesters are trying to stop from being...

Tokyo: A major airport that was cut off when a huge typhoon smashed through its sole access road was being evacuated Wednesday, as...

LONDON: Former Bank of England governor Mervyn King said the United Kingdom was probably heading towards a 'Brexit in name only' because the...

SEOUL: South Korean envoys held talks in North Korea on Wednesday to finalise details on a third North-South summit to be held this...

Manila: A Philippine mayor on President Rodrigo Duterte's list of allegedly narcotics-linked officials was shot dead in his own office on Wednesday, police...

WASHINGTON/OTTAWA: Canada heads into talks in Washington on Wednesday to renew NAFTA determined not to back down on key issues despite threats from...

RAMALLAH, Palestine:  Several Palestinian journalists suffered from teargas after Israeli forces dispersed a protest in the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah on...

CAIRO: Police on Tuesday arrested a man carrying a crude explosive device near the heavily fortified U.S. Embassy in Cairo, Egypt's capital, according...

Shares of Nike Inc fell nearly 2 percent on Tuesday as calls for a boycott of the sportswear giant gained traction on social...

NEW DELHI:  Indian police say a highway overpass has collapsed in the crowded city of Calcutta, but there was no immediate word on...

BENGHAZI, Libya: The death toll from fighting between rival armed groups in Libya's capital Tripoli has climbed to at least 50 people including...

Paris: French President Emmanuel Macron was hit by a second resignation in a week on Tuesday as his sports minister quit, forcing him...