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Damascus: Syrians voted in a parliamentary election in government-held areas of the country on Wednesday in what they called a show of support for President...

New Delhi: Congress on Wednesday demanded a white paper on the drought situation in the country and the efforts to tackle it in the backdrop of the Supreme...

Tripoli: A suicide bomber killed a member of the security forces in Libya at a checkpoint south of Misrata on Wednesday, while five people were killed -...

Manila: US Defence Secretary Ash Carter arrived in the Philippines on Wednesday to highlight strong and growing military relations with a crucial Southeast...

Baghdad: Iraq's parliamentary speaker Salim Al Jabouri may request the dissolution of the assembly after ministers scuffled during a chaotic...

Brussels: The European Union's (EU) foreign policy chief will lead a delegation of commissioners to Tehran on Saturday for the EU executive's...

Beirut/Sydney: Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said Wednesday his government was providing support to an Australian mother and TV crew charged in...

Cairo: President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi sought to staunch an uproar on Wednesday over Egypt's unexpected decision to transfer two Red Sea islands to Saudi...

Yangon/New Delhi: An earthquake measuring 6.9 on the Richter scale hit Myanmar, sending strong tremors through Myanmar, eastern India, Bangladesh and parts...

Amman: Police in Jordan sealed the headquarters of the Muslim Brotherhood in Amman on Wednesday, a senior figure in the movement said, as the authorities...