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  Colombo,--Sri Lanka's new government on Thursday slammed the police for dragging their feet over high-profile cases including the murders of journalists and corruption...

  Kano, Nigeria--A twin suicide attack this week at a bus station in Nigeria's Kano city killed 34 people, a union official said Thursday,...

  Damascus--UN Syria peace envoy Staffan de Mistura will arrive in Damascus on Friday for talks on a bid to freeze fighting in Aleppo,...

  Brussels--The EU said it has invited the Russian and Ukrainian energy ministers to Brussels on Monday for talks on resolving a bitter gas...

  Moscow--Pictures of young Russian children posing with mock AK-47 rifles and other weapons at a kindergarten have provoked a storm of controversy, but...

  Bazarak, Afghanistan--More than 200 people have been killed in a series of avalanches triggered by heavy snowfall around Afghanistan, officials said Thursday, warning...

  Kiev--Ukraine's military said Thursday it was starting the withdrawal of heavy weapons from the frontline with pro-Russian rebels, a key step in a...

  Jerusalem--Suspected Jewish extremists set fire to a Greek Orthodox seminary building on Mount Zion in Jerusalem early Thursday, 24 hours after a mosque...

Andre Shepherd, 33, Luxembourg--The EU's top court on Thursday backed a decision by Germany to deny asylum to a former US soldier who...

  London--Nigerian presidential candidate Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday vowed to "lead from the front" in the fight against Boko Haram if elected in the...

  London--"Jihadi John", the masked Islamic State militant apparently responsible for the beheading of western hostages, was on Thursday named as London man Mohammed...

  DELHI--A DMK leader today moved the Supreme Court seeking stay on proceedings before the Karnataka High Court on an appeal filed by former...

  CHENNAI--Jesuit priest Father Alexis Prem Kumar, who had been in captivity for over eight months in Afghanistan, on Thursday said he was released...

  MUMBAI--tepping up its resistance against the land acquisition law, the Shiv Sena on Thursday said it will fiercely oppose the bill and not...

  DELHI--Dreaded terror group ISIS and all its affiliate organisations, responsible for series of savage attacks and killings in Iraq and Syria, have been...

  DELHI--The Railway budget came in for criticism from within the ruling alliance with NDA constituent Shiv Sena claiming it lacked clarity on how...

  MANILA, Philippines - Senators urged Thursday the Aquino administration to be more compassionate to Senate minority leader Juan Ponce Enrile, who was rushed...

  CEBU CITY, Philippines - Silicon Valley entrepreneur Diosdado "Dado" Banatao urged Filipino startups to take more risks in creating new technologies to maximize...