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Kathmandu: Nepal plunged into fresh political turmoil on Saturday as President Bidya Devi Bhandari dissolved parliament and fixed general elections in November amid...

Manila: The Philippines and China held "friendly and candid" talks on the South China Sea, the Philippines' foreign ministry said on Saturday, days...

Myanmar's junta leader Min Aung Hlaing said deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi was healthy at home and would appear in court in...

Washington: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to the Middle East "in the coming days," the State Department said after Israel...

Washington: US President Joe Biden underlined that two-state solution was the only answer to resolving the conflict between Israel and Palestine, and pledged...

MILAN: Italy's government revived hopes of producing the country's own COVID-19 vaccine on Friday when it said it was ready to finance the...

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina: Argentina is imposing its first strict coronavirus lockdown of the year starting Saturday due to surging levels of coronavirus infections...

BANGKOK, Thailand: Thailand on Friday said it has detected its first locally transmitted cases of the coronavirus variant discovered in India, as it...

JERUSALEM: Israeli police fired stun grenades towards Palestinians who threw rocks and Molotov cocktails at officers outside Jerusalem's flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque on Friday,...

EU Digital COVID Certificate (previously called the Digital Green Certificate) is well on track to be ready end of June, as planned. Today's...

BRUSSELS: Pfizer and BionTech pledged on Friday to deliver 1 billion doses of their COVID-19 vaccine to poorer nations this year and another...

QUETTA, Pakistan: Six people were killed and several others were wounded Friday when a powerful roadside bomb exploded near a vehicle carrying a...

ANKARA, May 21 (Reuters) - Turkey welcomed a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas and hopes it will last, but Israel must be held...

MADRID - Spain will let people from non-EU countries who have been vaccinated against COVID-19 enter the country from June 7, Prime Minister...

 BRUSSELS - The European Union’s top diplomat is welcoming the Gaza cease-fire, but he says only a revival of long-term peace talks can...

NEW DELHI/NEW YORK - Pfizer and the Indian government are at loggerheads over a demand by the U.S. drugmaker for legal protection from...

LONDON - Britain's media minister Oliver Dowden said the government would consider whether further reform of governance at the publicly-funded BBC was needed...

ATHENS - Greek firefighters battled for a third day on Friday a wind-driven blaze that burned through pine forests about 60 km (37...