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Occupied Jerusalem: Former Israeli president and elder statesman Shimon Peres, a joint winner of the 1994 Nobel Peace Prize, died in hospital on Wednesday...

Oslo: A Norwegian appeals court has rejected a lawsuit from fugitive former U.S. spy contractor Edward Snowden against the Norwegian government, upholding...

Cairo: Egyptian authorities have arrested the owner and crew members of a boat that sank last week carrying hundreds of migrants, the security chief of...

Beirut: A bakery and major hospital were hit in bombardments of rebel-held eastern Aleppo early on Wednesday, residents said, as Syrian government forces...

Mumbai: Lauding the progress achieved so far on goods and services tax (GST) implementation, the Indian Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday exuded...

Bengaluru: Accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi of making a "U-turn" on his stand on minorities, the Indian National Congress leader Digvijay...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will not attend the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation(SAARC) Summit in Islamabad in November amidst...

Panama City: Panama has sent the US Department of State an extradition request for former president Ricardo Martinelli to be returned to the Central...

Hempstead (New York): Republican Donald Trump vowed on Tuesday to hit rival Democrat Hillary Clinton harder in the next US presidential debate after she put...

Beirut: Syrian government forces and their allies attacked the opposition-held sector of Aleppo on several fronts on Tuesday, the biggest ground assault yet...