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  Kiev: A Ukrainian soldier was killed in a fresh upsurge of fighting with pro-Russian separatists after high-profile peace talks failed to bring any...

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro (C) greets supporters during a rally, next to Venezuela's Economy and Productivity Vice President Miguel Perez Abad, in Caracas,...

  ANKARA: The Turkish National Police Headquarters on Monday sent out a notice to 81 provincial police departments warning of possible terrorist attacks by...

  TOKYO: Japan is set to join two military exercises alongside the United States next month, amid regional tensions with North Korea and China....

  By Roy Ramos ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines: The Philippines’ military is verifying a video in which militants threaten to execute another foreign hostage unless...

An Indian electoral official marks the finger of a voter with ink at a polling station. (AFP / ARUN SANKAR)   Thiruvananthapuram: Nearly 13...

  STOCKHOLM: A Swedish court sentenced on Monday a 61-year-old man to life in prison for genocide in Rwanda in 1994, the second such...

File photo of Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani. REUTERS   Tehran: A meeting between ex-president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani's daughter and female leaders of the Baha'i community,...

By Javaid Trali  Srinagar: Road accidents are a bigger killer than militancy in Jammu and Kashmir, according to official records that show deaths...

File photo of Turkish police in Istanbul. REUTERS   Istanbul: Turkish authorities on Monday detained seven suspected members of the Islamic State (IS) jihadist...

CaptionA woman stuggles to hold her umbrella from high wind and rain during a wet day in Colombo , Sri Lanka May 15,...

    AFP/ File photo   Baghdad: Iraqi security forces and allied fighters launched an operation on Monday to retake the town of Rutba from the...

EPA/ File photo   Bangkok: A former policeman in Thailand has been charged with murdering a woman whose fate led to the discovery of...

A file photo of a mosque damaged in the 2008 Malegaon blast. Punit Paranjpe/Reuters   Mumbai: The Shiv Sena said on Monday it was...

  Tehran: Iran has arrested eight people for working in "un-Islamic" online modelling networks, particularly on Instagram, the head of Tehran's cybercrimes court said...

Members of a polling station count the votes on election day in the Dominican Republic on May 15, 2016. AFP / Fran Afonso  ...

Image used for representation.    Miami: A woman in the US state of Florida was rushed to a hospital Sunday after being bitten by...

AFP/ File photo YENEGOA: The Nigerian army has arrested several people suspected of having been involved in a recent wave of attacks on...