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Brasilia: Brazil's Supreme Court on Wednesday will resume hearing former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's plea to remain out of prison while he...

Vienna: Austria's right-wing government announced plans on Wednesday to ban girls from wearing headscarves in kindergarten and primary schools to combat...

Cairo: Egypt plans to hold its first local elections in a decade in the first half of next year, the state news agency MENA reported on Wednesday. Egypt has...

Algiers: Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika on Wednesday named new ministers for tourism, trade, sports and parliamentary affairs, state news agency...

Geneva: The UN humanitarian adviser for Syria called on Wednesday for access to the eastern Ghouta town of Douma, where he said some 80,000-150,000...

Washington: Bowhead whales, the black filter-feeding giants of the Arctic that can live for 200 years devouring tons of tiny marine creatures, boast another...

Memphis (US): A half century after the assassination of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., US civil rights leaders say they are fearful President Donald Trump...

Karachi: A Pakistani political party placed on the US list of foreign terrorist organisations vowed on Wednesday to continue its political activities and...

Istanbul: The planned delivery of Russian S-400 surface-to-air missile batteries to Turkey has been brought forward to July 2019, the Turkish undersecretary...

Riga: Russia began testing missiles with live munitions in the Baltic Sea on Wednesday, alarming Latvia, a member of NATO, which says the drills have forced...