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Washington: Embattled US President Donald Trump faced explosive allegations that he divulged top secret intelligence to Russian diplomats in the Oval Office, a...

SINGAPORE: The U.S. navy needs to expand its fleet and maritime capability to remain competitive as other nations such as China and Russia...

KABUL: Afghan security forces have regained control of a district centre close to the northern city of Kunduz that fell to Taliban insurgents...

Beijing: Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday met with Toshihiro Nikai, the secretary-general of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, expressing hope that joint...

NEW DELHI: India's Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) searched the homes of former finance minister P. Chidambaram and his son on Tuesday, in...

New Delhi: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday said he will seek the help of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's good offices in reaching...

Jaipur: With little over two months to go before his term ends, President Pranab Mukherjee has expressed concern over decline in time devoted...

United Nations: Women have to play a greater role in conflict prevention and resolution and towards this goal India has been training women...

Kolkata: China is slowly increasing its political, economic and military influence in the Bay of Bengal by forging maritime ties with the countries...

Sanaa:   A cholera outbreak in war-torn Yemen has killed 184 people in recent weeks with another 11,000 suspected cases across the country, the...

Jerusalem:   An Israel court on Monday found the country's former chief rabbi, Eliyahu Bakshi Doron, guilty of a series of felonies including fraud...

BEIJING:  Chinese President Xi Jinping and 29 other heads of state on Monday reaffirmed their commitment to build an open economy and ensure...

Jerusalem:  Israel on Monday swore in its first female judge to its Muslim religious court system, the first woman to preside in any...

WASHINGTON: The United States has evidence the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has built a crematorium at a large military prison outside...

BEIRUT:  The Middle East’s protracted conflicts have caused a region-wide health crisis that goes beyond war wounds to heightened resistance to antibiotics and...

Paris: France's new prime minister Edouard Philippe is a low-profile 46-year-old from the rightwing Republicans party whose politics and interests mirror those of...

PARIS: Marine Le Pen, the far right politician who was defeated by centrist Emmanuel Macron in her bid for the French presidency, has...

Beijing: Russia had nothing to do with a massive global cyberattack, President Vladimir Putin said Monday, criticising the US intelligence community for creating...