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Jalalabad, Afghanistan: Eleven members of an Afghan family, including women and children, were killed in a grenade attack on their home in the...

Oreij, Iraq: Iraqi forces backed by jets and helicopters battled their way to Mosul airport Monday as they prepared to take on the...

Kuala Lumpur: Pyongyang cannot trust the Malaysian police investigation into the sudden death of a North Korean, the country's ambassador said Monday, after...

Madrid: Some 300 migrants stormed the border between Morocco and Spain at Ceuta on Monday, authorities said, days after hundreds more forced their...

Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia will host the Third Counter-Terrorism Financing (CTF) Summit from Nov 20-23 this year, a manifestation of the country's support and...

BAGHDAD: The U.S. military is not in Iraq "to seize anybody's oil", Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said, distancing himself from remarks by President...

KUALA LUMPUR: Footage from airport cameras purportedly showing the assault on the half-brother of the North Korean leader emerged on Monday as a...

ISLAMABAD: In order to reach Pakistanis living overseas, particularly in the Middle East, the Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) has prepared a plan...

Juba: A third top South Sudanese military official has resigned, accusing President Salva Kiir's regime of war crimes and ethnic cleansing, according to...

Munich: Iran’s foreign minister yesterday stepped up efforts to improve ties with Gulf Arab states urging them to work with their Shia rival...

Munich: US Republican senators plan to introduce legislation to impose further sanctions on Iran, accusing it of violating UN Security Council resolutions by...

Beijing: Chinese security forces have staged another mass anti-terror rally in the restive far western region of Xinjiang, parading hundreds of armed men...

Peshawar: The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa provincial government in Pakistan has started offering free of cost Chinese language courses for the youth in five technical institutions...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka: At least 11 people were killed and 24 others rescued Sunday after the boat they were traveling in capsized off...

Bangkok: A United States aircraft carrier strike group has begun patrols in the South China Sea amid growing tension with China over control...

Abu Dhabi: The four-day International Defence Exhibition and Conference () kicked off Sunday in Abu Dhabi with the United Arab Emirates announcing 21...

Manila: The Philippine army will create a "battalion size" task force to help the government's anti-narcotics agency run after high-value targets in President...

Armed groups such as the Pakistani Taliban and others have often targeted shrines for not conforming to their strict, literalistic interpretation of Islam....