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BEIJING:  A senior Chinese government official yesterday rebuffed growing complaints from Hong Kong that a flood of visitors from mainland China was overwhelming...

  YANGON: Media groups reacted with dismay yesterday over a proposed law to regulate the press that has raised fears the government could be...

Members of the US Navy Blue Angels fly in a tight formation while performing during the Andrews Air Show at Joint Base Andrews,...

RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazil is set to join the select group of countries that have nuclear-powered submarines, President Dilma Rousseff said. Rousseff stressed...

LONDON: Queen Elizabeth II was resting up at Windsor Castle yesterday, after the 86-year-old monarch fell victim to a bout of gastroenteritis. The...

LONDON: Two men have been arrested in Britain in connection with the ongoing case of a New York policeman accused of plotting to...

LONDON: Once a marginal group of anti-Europeans, the UK Independence Party (UKIP) is now a force to be reckoned with after its best-ever...

Supporters of Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga take part in a rally at Nairobi’s Nyayo Stadium yesterday. NAIROBI: Kenyan presidential hopefuls made a...

MOSCOW: Russia yesterday said it was concerned by a US ruling that the death of an adopted Russian boy in Texas was an...

BINDURA, Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe yesterday denied his ZANU-PF party had launched a violent campaign to intimidate rivals in elections expected in...

ROME: Italy was locked in a damaging political impasse yesterday as rival party leaders attempt to form a coalition government following inconclusive elections,...

Arab League Secretary-General Nabil Al Arabi speaks with US Secretary of State John Kerry at the Arab League headquarters, in Cairo, yesterday. CAIRO:...

CAIRO: An Egyptian opposition head said he and colleague Mohammed ElBaradei have turned down invitations to meet Secretary of State John Kerry when...

UNITED NATIONS: The UN Security Council is considering lifting an arms embargo on Somalia’s government for one year so it can beef up...

Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi (right) with his Syrian counterpart Walid Al Muallem in Tehran, yesterday. DAMASCUS: Syria’s close ally Iran said...

GENEVA: The United Nations is prepared to broker peace talks between Syria’s regime and opposition, the world body’s chief Ban Ki-moon and his...

ISTANBUL: Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) rebels are planning to release a group of captured Turkish officials within the next 10 days as part...

VIENNA: Deadlocked talks with Iran will be in focus at a meeting of the UN nuclear agency’s board from tomorrow, together with a...