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Jerusalem, The Palestinians will not be "blackmailed" by US President Donald Trump, a senior official said Wednesday, after he threatened to cut aid...

WASHINGTON:  The White House on Tuesday said it wanted to see Pakistan do more to fight terrorism and that it would likely announce...

Rio de Janeiro:  Nearly a hundred escaped inmates remained at large from a state penitentiary in Brazil Tuesday after a deadly riot between...

Washington:  The US television channel NBC said Tuesday it had appointed a female anchor to replace shamed star Matt Lauer, who was accused...

Madrid:  An activist group and the brother of an Algerian man who died in a Spanish jail used as a migrant centre called...

Kinshasa:  The death toll from a crackdown on New Year's Eve demonstrations in Democratic Republic of Congo rose to 12, protestors said on...

London:  A British safari park's entire troop of 13 Patas monkeys was killed in a fire that ripped through their shelter on Tuesday....

CAIRO:  Egypt is to extend its nationwide state of emergency for three months from Jan. 13 to help tackle “the dangers and funding...

Tehran:  Iran's reformist politicians on Tuesday condemned violence that has rocked the country in recent days, accusing the US of stirring unrest while...

Tehran:  Demonstrations are spreading across Iran and turning increasingly violent, but analysts say a lack of leadership and political support mean they may...

PARIS:  The French have become more optimistic about the future that at any time in the past eight years, a survey showed on...

KHARTOUM: More than 400 Sudanese refugees have returned home from the Central African Republic (CAR) since Dec. 12, according to the UNHCR, the...

MOGADISHU, Somalia: Somali prosecutors have filed charges against five people for last year's deadly truck bombing that killed more than 400 people. Four...

New Delhi:  A former army lieutenant bludgeoned six people to death with an iron rod Tuesday in a killing spree that sparked panic...

CAIRO: Egypt's public prosecutor has filed murder charges against a man accused of killing 11 people in an attack on a Coptic church...

Tehran: Iran's foreign ministry responded to US President Donald Trump's latest Twitter attack, saying he should focus on "homeless and hungry people" in...

Washington: President Donald Trump praised Iranian protesters Tuesday for acting against Tehran's "brutal and corrupt" regime after days of unrest that have seen...

Islamabad: Pakistan has summoned the US ambassador, an embassy spokesman said Tuesday, in a rare public rebuke after Donald Trump lashed out at...