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Beirut: President Bashar Al Assad instructed Electricity Minister Emad Khamis on Wednesday to form a new government in Syria, a country fragmented by...

Baghdad: The United Nations said on Wednesday it had received further reports alleging "serious rights violations" of civilians fleeing the Iraqi...

Cairo: A Cairo court acquitted on Wednesday 22 people on trial for protesting against a government decision to transfer two Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia,...

New Delhi: After forcing the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Raghuram Rajan out, BJP MP Subramanian Swamy on Wednesday opened a new front, targeting...

Bengaluru: Taking on critics of his monetary policy, Reserve Bank Governor Raghuram Rajan on Wednesday blamed the record low credit growth to the stress in...

Islamabad: Motorcycle-borne gunmen on Wednesday shot dead an acclaimed Pakistani singer in the busy port city of Karachi, police said, two days after masked...

Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh): Setting a record in its space programme, India on Wednesday successfully launched 20 satellites, including its earth...

New Delhi: At least 70 people have died in the east Indian state of Bihar and the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh with nearly 60 perishing in the...

Seoul/Tokyo: North Korea launched what appeared to be an intermediate-range missile on Wednesday to a high altitude in the direction of Japan before it...

Ankara: It was not right that Turkey's status as a candidate to join the European Union was being used as an argument in the Brexit campaign, Turkish...