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  Colombo--Sri Lanka's police Thursday blocked a protest involving dozens of elephants as their owners demanded legal recognition to use the sacred animals at...

  Tunis--Two Spanish tourists have been found alive following Wednesday's deadly attack on a Tunis museum after spending the night hiding inside, the emergency...

  Brussels--Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk warned EU leaders Thursday to keep the pressure on Russia and not allow President Vladimir Putin to exploit...

  Athens--Greece's deputy prime minister accused EU-IMF creditors of preventing his radical government from doing its job, while admitting that his country is being...

  Cairo--Two people were killed Thursday when assailants threw a bomb at the entrance of a youth leisure centre on the outskirts of Cairo,...

  MANILA, Philippines - The first of the three medium lift fixed wing aircraft acquired by the government from a Spanish company has been...

  MANILA, Philippines - Members of the House of Representatives and its personnel have raised a total of P5.3 million in financial assistance for...

  MANILA, Philippines - The military is ready to answer the case filed before the United Nations (UN) for its alleged human rights violations...

  ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines - Suspected Abu Sayyaf gunmen safely released Wednesday night an old businesswoman they held captive for one month in the...

  MANILA, Philippines - After a Pulse Asia survey indicated huge majority dissatisfaction with his explanation, Malacañang admitted Thursday that President Benigno Aquino III...

  NEW DELHI--The coal auction will resume by end of April or early May with 15-20 more mines, provided the Coal Mines bill is...

  KOLKATA--Pakistan High Commissioner to India Abdul Basit met Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday, the second day of his three-day visit to Kolkata,...

  BENGALURU--Opposition parties continued their dharna for the third day today in the state Assembly demanding a CBI probe into the mysterious death of...

  NEW DELHI--Madhya Pradesh Finance Minister Jayant Malaiya and his wife Sudha Malaiya were today robbed onboard the Jabalpur-Nizamuddin Express train near Mathura, following...

  NEW DELHI--Faced with stiff opposition on the land bill, the government Thursday reached out to leaders of opposition parties, including Sonia Gandhi, and...

  ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan stated on Thursday, that execution of condemned prisoner Saulat Mirza was delayed for medical reasons.  Speaking...

      RAWALPINDI: Pakistan on Thursday sent four condemned prisoners to gallows in Rawalpindi and Mianwali, separately. Three murder convicts were hanged to death in...

Port Vila, Vanuatu---The tiny Pacific nation of Tuvalu is struggling to cope after being hit by the same cyclone that devastated Vanuatu, with...