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SEOUL: South Korea marked the anniversary of a pro-democracy uprising on Thursday with new President Moon Jae-in leading a large crowd in singing...

MANILA: The Philippines' decision to stop development assistance from the European Union was a display of the country's independent foreign policy, a top...

Montreal:  Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday celebrated the 375th anniversary of the founding of Montreal, "one of the biggest francophone cities...

CARACAS, Venezuela: In a stuffy, second-floor store room, a volunteer sorts through boxes of imported medicines and arranges them one by one on...

Cairo:  Egypt's prosecution said Wednesday it has handed over to Italian investigators documents requested by Rome to help the probe into the kidnapping...

New Delhi: India on Wednesday said it will develop 10 domestically-built heavy water reactors to increase its nuclear power capacity, as it looks...

Geneva: Rival Syrian delegations on Wednesday weighed a UN proposal on developing a new constitution for the war-ravaged country, as a new round...

Lucknow, India: An Indian restaurant has resumed sales of the beef kebabs it has been making for more than a century, two months...

LONDON: Nestle failed in a new bid protect the shape of its four-finger Kit Kat chocolate bar under British trademark on Wednesday when...

Warsaw: Two people died and another 15 were injured on Wednesday after a blast tore through a gun powder factory in southern Poland,...

Amman/BEIRUT: A car bomb exploded in Syria's sprawling Rukban refugee camp near the border with Jordan on Wednesday causing injuries, the Syrian Observatory...

Fort Leavenworth, United States: Chelsea Manning, the transgender army private jailed for one of the largest leaks of classified documents in US history,...

Jalalabad, Afghanistan: Suicide bombers stormed the national television station in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad on Wednesday, triggering gunfights and explosions with...

Seoul: An activist economist renowned for his relentless campaign to reform South Korea's scandal-mired business conglomerates such as Samsung was appointed Wednesday as...

New Delhi: Technology and human development go hand in hand, N. Sivasailam, Additional Secretary (IT), Department of Telecommunications said, adding that in India...

Paris: French President Emmanuel Macron is set to end the suspense over his first government on Wednesday after a 24-hour delay in unveiling...

Cannes, France: The Hollywood elite jetted into France on Wednesday for the Cannes film festival, with a Michael Moore documentary "take down" of...

MOGADISHU, Somalia: At least 11 people, including women and children, died over the last two days and more than 30 people were also...