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Beirut: Syrian Kurds and their allies aim to finalise plans within six months for an autonomous political federation in northern Syria, pressing ahead...

Brussels: Large companies would have to publicly disclose tax and financial data under proposals the European Commission put forth on Tuesday, in an effort...

Miass (Russia): In Russia's industrial heartland, people are finding ways to cope with an economic crisis that has stretched household budgets to...

London: Iceland's Finance Minister Bjarni Benediktsson said on Tuesday he would not resign over the Panama Papers leaks, which showed he once had a...

Mumbai: Actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan has won the 'Global Indian of the Year' award. Aishwarya was honoured at Non-Resident Indian (NRI) of the...

Nairobi: Boko Haram child suicide bombings have surged 11-fold in West Africa over the last year, with children as young as 8, mostly girls, detonating...

New Delhi: India and the United States have agreed in principle to share military logistics, the countries' defence ministers said on Tuesday, as both...

Brasilia: As at least 130 countries prepare to sign the Paris climate agreement in New York later this month, environmental experts have warned that...

New Delhi: India's crucial monsoon rains are expected to be above average in 2016, the weather office said on Tuesday, easing fears over farm and...

Beijing/Shanghai: As day breaks, hundreds of patients wait to see doctors in a queue that snakes around the Peking Union hospital in Beijing. Many will wait...