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Cairo: At least 74 bodies of African migrants have washed ashore in western Libya, the Libyan Red Crescent said yesterday, the latest tragedy...

Berlin: In the week before US Vice-President Mike Pence visited Brussels and pledged America’s “steadfast and enduring” commitment to the European Union, White...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged the United States yesterday to keep an open mind on admitting skilled Indian workers, in comments...

Bangkok: Rights groups on Tuesday urged the Thai army to drop defamation charges against three activists over a report on torture in the...

Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian health authorities have yet to determine the cause of death of the estranged half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un,...

Torrential downpours have caused widespread flooding across parts of Indonesia, including in the capital, Jakarta, where the floodwaters are chest-deep in places. The...

Geneva: A probe into whether Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte ran a death squad is making progress following crucial whistleblower testimony this week, the...

Paris: A senior Socialist minister said yesterday he might back centrist Emmanuel Macron in France’s presidential election, a blow to his party’s official...

Boracay: The Philippines' top diplomat said yesterday it remains to be seen whether China will cooperate fully in ongoing efforts to craft a...

Sydney: A pilot and four American passengers were killed yesterday when a small plane crashed in to the roof of a shopping mall...

KIEV: A Ukrainian lawmaker who proposed an alternative plan for peace with Russian-backed separatists to U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration told Reuters on...

Tehran:  Iran's supreme leader yesterday used the podium of a pro-Palestinian gathering in Tehran to lash out at Israel, calling the Jewish state...

Jerusalem: A senior Palestinian journalist has been released after 10 months in an Israeli jail without charge, he said. Omar Nazzal, 55, was...

Geneva: Upcoming Syria peace talks remain focused on negotiating a "political transition" in the war-ravaged country, the UN mediator's office said yesterday, following...

JUBA: South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir yesterday promised aid agencies safe access to hunger-stricken civilians, a day after his government declared a famine...

Kampala: Ugandan authorities have seized more than a tonne of ivory, chopped into small pieces and treated with a chemical intended to prevent...

Tel Aviv: A young Israeli soldier who killed a wounded and incapacitated Palestinian assailant was sentenced to 18 months’ imprisonment yesterday, in a...

Baku: Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev yesterday appointed his glamorous wife as first vice-president, the latest move seen as tightening the family's iron grip...