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NEW DELHI: An avalanche swept away a group of tourists in the Himalayas in northeastern India on Tuesday, killing at least seven and...

Beijing: China warned on Tuesday that Washington was "endangering regional peace" in a new deal with the Philippines that will see four additional...

Washington: Virgin Orbit, the satellite launch company founded by Richard Branson, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and will sell the business, the...

Wellington, New Zealand: Jacinda Ardern, who stepped down as New Zealand's prime minister in January, will begin an unpaid role this month combating...

Voorschoten, Netherlands: At least one person died and 30 were injured early Tuesday when a high-speed passenger train slammed into heavy construction equipment...

Riyadh: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi met Saudi Arabia's de facto ruler on a brief visit late on Sunday, state media said, as...

Juba, South Sudan: A United Nations-backed panel of investigators alleges in a new report that several officials in South Sudan have perpetrated serious...

Nairobi: Kenya will launch its first operational satellite next week in a landmark achievement for the country's space programme, the government said on...

Manila: The Philippines announced on Monday the location of four additional military bases to be used by US troops, with one site near...

Surat, India: Top Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi appealed on Monday against the defamation conviction that resulted in his expulsion from parliament two...

Tokyo: Japan will stop testing travellers arriving from mainland China for the coronavirus, the government said Monday, ending a Covid policy previously slammed...

Beirut: Lebanon is investigating alleged embezzlement of over $300,000 at its Ukraine embassy, a judicial official told AFP on Monday, as sources say...

Athens: Five weeks after Greece's worst rail disaster, which killed 57 people, partial service resumed on Monday on the main train line linking...

Madrid: Two people drowned and another was missing at sea after a fishing boat with 10 crew members on board sank abruptly off...

PARIS: Parisians have overwhelmingly voted to banish the French capital's ubiquitous for-hire electric scooters from their streets. The 15,000 opinion-dividing mini-machines are now...

London: UK passport office workers launched a five-week stoppage Monday, the latest walkout in strike-hit Britain as the country reels from the worst...

Budapest, Hungary: Hungary's populist prime minister, Viktor Orban, tweeted a message of support for former USPresident Donald Trump on Monday, urging him to...

Nairobi: Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga announced on Sunday he was calling off a protest on Monday and would embark on a dialogue...