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  MANILA, Philippines - Malacañang admitted on Monday that the deadly armed encounter between the Philippine National Police Special Action Force (PNP SAF) commandos...

  MANILA, Philippines — Reporting to President Benigno Aquino III through text messages, then suspended Philippine National Police chief Director General Alan Purisima initially...

  Moscow--Russia has offered Iran advanced surface-to-air missiles after scrapping a similar deal in 2010 because of UN sanctions over Tehran's nuclear programme, the...

  DELHI--Copies of six ordinances promulgated recently on issues such as land acquisition and coal were on Monday laid in the Lok Sabha amid...

  Thiruvananthapuram--The tussle between CPM central committee veteran V S Achuthanandan and the party’s Kerala unit led by state secretary Pinarayi Vijayan has reached...

  Paris--Six French citizens have had their passports confiscated after allegedly planning to travel to Syria, a security source said on Monday -- the...

  DOHA-- About 220 tons of sand dust has so far been removed by authorities from Ras Laffan road, the mostly affected road with...

  Tokyo--Japan's farm minister resigned on Monday after being accused of accepting illegal political funds, in a first blow to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's...

  MUMBAI--Navy’s Kilo-class submarine INS Sindhughosh collided with a fishing vessel off the western coast between the night of Thursday and Friday causing minor...

  Kiev--Pro-Russian forces massing near Ukraine's port city of Mariupol tried to overrun a troop position overnight, Kiev said on Monday, fuelling concerns for...

  DELHI--The ruling BJP on Sunday asked Congress to apologise to the nation for its coal mine policy. The party claimed that the present...

  DELHI--Terming the land ordinance as anti-farmer, activist Anna Hazare, who will hold a two-day protest against it in New Delhi from Monday, said...

  London--Two British former foreign ministers faced claims Monday that they offered to use their positions to help a private company in return for...

  Beirut--US-led air strikes against the Islamic State group in Syria have killed more than 1,600 people, mainly jihadists, since they began five months...

  Manama--France deployed an aircraft carrier in the Gulf on Monday as part of the US-led military campaign against the Islamic State jihadist group...

  Tehran--A senior Iranian official in talks on the country's disputed nuclear programme has said differences remain on key questions at the ongoing negotiations...

  Malé--A court in the Maldives will decide Monday whether to grant bail to former president and opposition leader Mohamed Nasheed, a day after...

  Karachi--At least 10 people burned to death and nine others were injured when a passenger van overturned and caught fire in southern Pakistan,...