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Hong Kong: Hong Kong-leader elect Carrie Lam said on Tuesday she was "very determined" to tackle the high cost of housing in the densely populated...

Geneva: About 40,000 people, mainly women and children, have been displaced by fighting northwest of Hama city in Syria, the United Nations said on...

Mosul: Investigators are in the Iraqi city of Mosul to determine whether a U.S.-led coalition strike or IS-rigged explosives caused a blast that destroyed...

Johannesburg/Pretoria: Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan flew back to South Africa on Tuesday, obeying an abrupt recall from President Jacob Zuma, and said he...

Paris: A French court sent Carlos the Jackal, once one of the world's most wanted criminals, back to jail for his third life sentence on Tuesday after...

London: Britain will consider all options for Northern Ireland including direct rule from London if politicians there fail to form a regional government in...

Berlin: Germany will not tolerate foreign espionage on its territory, the interior minister said on Tuesday, in a robust response to media reports that...

Dhaka: The chief of the terror group blamed for Bangladesh's worst terror attack at a Dhaka cafe was among the four militants killed in one of the...

Washington: U.S. President Donald Trump will sign an executive order on Tuesday to undo a slew of Obama-era climate change regulations that his...

New Delhi: The GST bills in their present form were "not acceptable" to the Congress, but the party sought to tread cautiously to avoid being seen...