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Geneva: The Swiss government decided Wednesday to limit work permits issued to Romanian and Bulgarian citizens following a spike in immigration from those...

Pristina: Kosovo's government collapsed Wednesday after it lost a confidence vote in parliament, a move expected to trigger a snap election after more...

Islamabad: Millions of Pakistanis have been receiving text messages from the government warning them against sharing "blasphemous" content online, a move rights activists...

Tunis: President Beji Caid Essebsi said Wednesday that the army will protect the output from Tunisia's main resources from being disrupted by protests...

Dubai: Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan, known to his fans as SRK, paid a surprise visit to Al Jalila Children’s Specialty Hospital –...

GAZA CITY, Palestine: The health situation of Palestinian refugees in war-torn Syria has been exacerbated by an acute water crisis, a London-based NGO...

Kano, Nigeria: Eighty-two Nigerian schoolgirls who were released from Boko Haram captivity after more than three years face a wait to be reunited...

Riyadh: King Abdullah II of Jordan, Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika and Niger's Mahamadou Issoufou are among leaders invited by the Custodian of The...

Hasakeh, Syria: Kurdish fighters battling the Islamic State group in Syria said Wednesday that the "historic" US decision to provide them with arms...

Palestinians are calling for a boycott of Pizza Hut after the food company's Israel branch shared a picture on social media mocking the...

Dhaka: Bangladesh has arrested more than a dozen people from Myanmar's Rohingya Muslim minority and two men accused of trying to smuggle them...

KARACHI, Pakistan: Another four “hardcore” militants, sentenced by military courts for their involvement in terrorism, have been executed at a jail in northwestern...

JUBA, South Sudan: President Salva Kiir sacked the army chief on Tuesday following reports that he was allegedly behind recent protests calling for...

GAZA CITY, Palestine: A young Palestinian couple was married on Monday at a protest tent in Gaza City set up to show solidarity...

Karachi: The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has begun an inquiry against a pilot after a video showed a young female passenger exiting the...

NAIROBI, Kenya: Kenya on Tuesday banned an online game as a 16-year-old boy is said to have committed suicide after playing it, a...

New Delhi:In a move that could herald an IT revolution in smaller cities, the Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) is all set...

ANKARA: The United Nations in Central African Republic on Tuesday condemned an attack on its convoy that killed a Cambodian peacekeeper in the...