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Bangui, Central African Republic - Leaders of armed groups in strife-ravaged Central African Republic agreed Tuesday to release thousands of child soldiers and...

  Kunduz: Taliban militants killed at least 13 policemen after storming security outposts in Afghanistan´s remote mountainous northeast, officials said Tuesday, despite peace talks...

  QUETTA: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday visited Bugti House and offered condolences with the family of Jamhori Watan Party Chief Nawabzada Talal...

  Riyadh - Mortar shells fired by Iran-backed rebels in Yemen struck the Saudi border town of Najran on Tuesday, prompting a Saudi-led military...

Jerusalem - Israeli authorities have closed an investigation into a policeman who shot dead a young Arab Israeli during an arrest operation in...

Kiev - A Ukrainian army volunteer was killed and three soldiers were wounded in fighting in the country's east, Kiev said Tuesday, while...

Nicosia - UN envoy Espen Barth Eide on Tuesday urged the rival leaders of Cyprus to finally seize a "unique opportunity" to broker...

DOHA: The Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, HE Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani today in his inaugural speech at...

    Beijing--Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has joined Sina Weibo, China's version of Twitter, ahead of his visit to the country next week, attracting...

    Dakar--Senegal on Monday said it would send 2,100 soldiers to Saudi Arabia to join Riyadh's military coalition battling rebels in Yemen, at the...

I RYADH: The Emir, HH Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, the current Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Cooperation Council for...

ROME: Migrants arriving on the Italian island of Sicily on Tuesday said around forty others traveling with them had died on the journey,...

    PLDT chairman Manuel Pangilinan   Manila---Philippine Long Distance Telephone, the country's largest telecommunications firm, said Tuesday it expects to spend nearly $1 billion in...

    Hong Kong---Chinese police nabbed five remaining suspects who fled from Hong Kong with millions in ransom money after a kidnap, reports said late...

      Bahawalpur, Pakistan---Pakistan on Tuesday inaugurated a 100 megawatt Chinese-built solar power plant, part of its efforts to battle its ever-increasing energy deficit. The...

Rome---Around 40 migrants died when an inflatable boat carrying more than 100 people sank off the coast of Italy, Save the Children quoted...

  Goma, DR Congo---Troops in the Democratic Republic of Congo have killed 16 Ugandan rebels in two days of clashes in the troubled northeast...

  Beirut---One of the main hospitals in Syria's northern city of Aleppo has been forced to close indefinitely after being targeted by rockets and...