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New Delhi: Seeking to dissuade labour unions from a nationwide strike on September 2, the government on Tuesday announced 42 per cent minimum wage hike and...

Paris: British and French interior ministers agreed on Tuesday to develop cooperation "now and when the United Kingdom leaves the EU" to address...

Srinagar: Pitching for a dialogue with separatists to end the ongoing unrest in Indian-administered-Kashmir, Opposition Congress on Tuesday said it had...

Istanbul: Turkey's army chief signalled no let up in a Syria offensive Washington has criticised for targeting US-backed Kurdish fighters as well as...

Qayyara (Iraq): It gets darker earlier these days in the northern Iraqi town of Qayyara, which IS militants abandoned about a week ago after setting fire to...

Istanbul: Turkish authorities detained an editor at the prominent Hurriyet newspaper in the latest round-up of journalists and others accused of links to...

Mogadishu: At least 10 people, including soldiers and civilians, were killed in Somalia's capital Mogadishu on Tuesday when a car bomb claimed by Al...

Geneva: The United Nations human rights office has called on French beach resorts to lift their bans on the burkini, calling them a "stupid...

Paris: An international agreement on climate change struck in Paris last year is still far from being implemented, French President Francois Hollande said...

Athens: More than 460 migrants and refugees arrived on Greek islands from Turkey on Tuesday, the highest in several weeks, despite a European Union deal...