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  Guwahati--Upbeat over the grand success in the Delhi state assembly elections, the Assam unit of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Wednesday asked the...

  Minor clashes broke out on Wednesday between activists of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) and security forces in Maisuma area of the...

  NEW DELHI--Smarting under a humiliating defeat in the Lok Sabha polls, the entire Opposition camp was jubilant on Tuesday after the BJP was...

Jitan Ram PATNA --In a fresh twist to the political logjam in Bihar, RJD MP Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav on Wednesday came...

  The Hague--The Dutch government said Wednesday that an attack by hackers was responsible for the massive disruption that resulted when access to state...

  Yangon--Dozens of protesters marched in Yangon Wednesday against a law giving voting rights to Myanmar's temporary citizens, including hundreds of thousands of Muslim...

Hassan Rouhani   Tehran--Iran's president said Wednesday that the world needs its help to stabilise a troubled Middle East, in remarks pointing to the...

  Washington--Police have arrested a gunman in the killing of three Muslim students -- including a husband and wife -- in the university town...

Somchai Wongsawat   Bangkok--Thailand's top court has ordered another key member of the embattled Shinawatra family to face trial, an official said Wednesday, as...

Angela Merkel   Berlin--Four-way peace talks on Ukraine set to be held in Minsk on Wednesday offer "a glimmer of hope, nothing more", said...

Jacob Zuma   Cape Town--South African President Jacob Zuma faces a showdown with radical lawmakers who have threatened to disrupt his nationally-televised state of...

Sergei Lavrov   Moscow--Moscow said Wednesday there had been "noticeable progress" in talks ahead of a four-way Ukraine peace summit, but that it still...

  Tripoli--Delegates from Libya's rival parliaments gathered for the first time Wednesday for talks aimed at ending months of instability in the violence-plagued country,...

Petro Poroshenko   Kiev--Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said Wednesday he is ready to introduce martial law throughout the country if the conflict with pro-Russian...

  Taipei--Six prison inmates in Taiwan, who are believed to be armed, have taken three staff hostage at a jail in the southern city...

  Beirut--Lebanon's Hezbollah and Syrian regime forces have advanced to the edge of Israeli-held territory as part of a joint offensive against rebels in...

  Paris--France on Wednesday called on its 100 or so citizens to leave Yemen and said it would soon close its embassy over mounting...

Fouad Belkacem   Antwerp--A Belgian court jailed the leader of an Islamist group that sent jihadist fighters to Syria to a 12-year jail term...