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Beirut/Amman: A US-backed alliance of Syrian Kurdish and Arab fighters advanced against hardline insurgents in the north of the country on Friday, capturing...

Munich: Germany received a tip hours before midnight that militants from Iraq and Syria were planning New Year attacks in Munich but police could not find...

Vatican City: Pope Francis, in his first message of the new year, on Friday urged people to combat the "torrent" of misery, injustice and violence...

Missouri: Overflowing rivers were receding in Missouri and Illinois on Friday after flooding swamped communities and forced towns to evacuate, with...

Istanbul: Two police officers have been killed in Turkey's predominantly Kurdish southeast during operations to push back Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK)...

Accra: Ghana's power minister has resigned after failing to resolve a three-year-old electricity crisis that President John Mahama, who seeks...

Seoul: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un blamed South Korea on Friday for increased mistrust in a New Year speech after a year of heightened tension between...

Beijing: China has created three new military units and will update equipment as well as modernising its command structure, state media said on Friday, as...

Beijing: Couples in China are now allowed to have two children as the new family planning law came into effect from on Friday, ending the world's most...

Mumbai: Social activist Anna Hazare dashed off another letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, reminding him of his unfulfilled poll promises and said there...