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Beirut/Geneva: The mainstream Syrian opposition asked the United Nations to halt peace talks on Monday and rebel groups launched a new offensive against...

Luxembourg: France, Italy and Spain urged their European partners on Monday to move the EU's Mediterranean naval mission into Libyan waters, if...

Bahir Dar (Ethiopia): Plans for a new African counter-terrorism force to support vulnerable UN peacekeepers in Mali, where militant groups are stepping up...

New Delhi: An anti-cyclone in the Bay of Bengal, coupled with high temperatures in central India, is leading to a heatwave in eastern parts of the country...

Mexico City: Mexico's army is withholding key evidence from international investigators in the case of 43 trainee teachers abducted and apparently...

Stockholm: Sweden's housing minister, Mehmet Kaplan, resigned on Monday partly over comments he made seven years ago on Israel's treatment of...

Paris: French President Francois Hollande would lose election next year no matter who his opponents were, a poll showed on Monday, with poor ratings...

New Delhi: Continuing the deflationary trend for 17th month, WPI inflation was at (-)0.85 per cent in March but may inch up gradually in the coming months...

GAZIANTEP: Five years ago, Mohammed Sherzad, all of 12 years of age, with a thick mane of blonde hair and deep blue eyes, sought shelter at the Nizip...

Pretoria: Disgraced Paralympic gold medallist Oscar Pistorius will be sentenced in June for the 2013 murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, after his...