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  MANILA, Philippines (Xinhua) - The Philippines confirmed today one case of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome-Corona Virus (MERS-CoV), involving a pregnant nurse coming back...

  Beijing--A Chinese man who was freed after six years on death row following a wrongful murder conviction was paid $189,000 in compensation, state...

  Tokyo--More than 25 billion cyber-attacks on the Japanese government and other bodies were logged in 2014, an agency said Tuesday, with 40 percent...

  MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Grace Poe invoked national security and ongoing operations as basis for not revealing details on the testimonies made by...

  Puli Alam--At least 10 policemen were killed on Tuesday when four Taliban insurgents carried out a gun and suicide bomb attack on the...

  RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif met with Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu. According to an ISPR press release, matters...

  Athens--Greece "will not accept ultimatums" in last-ditch EU talks over the future of its reforms and cash support, a government source said Tuesday....

  ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister’s Advisor on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz said India’s foreign secretary may visit Pakistan in March for Pak-India talks.   Speaking on...

  QUETTA: Four bodies were recovered from the Zhob area of Balochistan province on Tuesday. Three of the four bodies have been indentified at...

  LONDON: UN envoy Gordon Brown held talks with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif regarding a proposal for a security plan for Pakistan’s schools.  According...

  PESHAWAR: Police baton charged jail wardens protesting outside the Khyber Pakhtunkwa (KP) Assembly building on Tuesday.  The jail wardens were protesting against the...

  ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) issued a notification on Tuesday regarding provision of relief of Rs 3.24 per unit to...

    Nigeria's former president Olusegun Obasanjo Lagos---Nigeria's former president Olusegun Obasanjo has quit the ruling party less than six weeks before a crunch general...

      Niamey---Thousands of people marched in Niger's capital on Tuesday to protest at Boko Haram Islamists, who have launched deadly raids in the country...

  Jakarta---The transfer of two Australians to an Indonesian island prison for execution will not go ahead this week as planned, the attorney-general's office...

  Soledar, Ukraine---World powers voiced concern over a shaky truce in Ukraine that went into a third day Tuesday with no sign of a...

  Copenhagen---The suspected gunman of two fatal shootings in Copenhagen was flagged up by prison authorities as being at risk of becoming radicalised, the...

    Lashio, Myanmar---Fugitives from the escalating violence gripping northern Myanmar on Tuesday described fleeing airstrikes and gun battles between the army and ethnic rebels,...