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Lucknow, India: A dozen people have died after drinking toxic homemade alcohol in Uttar Pradesh state, police said Monday, the latest incident of...

Tokyo: The death toll from the record rainfall in Japan's northern Kyushu reached 21 on Monday, Japan's (NHK World) reported. Weather officials warn...

Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia has foiled an attempt to smuggle dozens of bearded dragon lizards and tortoises into the country from neighbouring Thailand to...

ANKARA: The Assad regime has killed 94 civilians with barrel bombs in the first half of 2017, according to an NGO report released...

NINEVEH, Iraq: Iraqi forces battling the Islamic State terrorist group on Sunday reached the banks of the Tigris River in the Old City...

ISLAMABAD: Afghans studying in Pakistan will soon be able to continue their education thanks to special cards that will let students enter the...

Brasília: For many politicians, a jail sentence means the end of your career, but not for lawmaker Celso Jacob. He still comes each...

Paris: Paris subway authorities closed metro stations due to flooding after thunderstorms and heavy rain pounded the French capital, officials said Monday. A...

Tehran: Iran has congratulated Iraq on its declared victory over the Islamic State jihadist group in Mosul and offered its help to rebuild...

Phnom Penh: Cambodian ruling party MPs on Monday voted to effectively sever ties between the beleaguered opposition and its figurehead, as Prime Minister...

Paris: Paris subway authorities closed metro stations due to flooding after thunderstorms and heavy rain pounded the French capital, officials said Monday. A...

Nigeria:  The Nigerian government’s efforts to secure peace in the oil heartlands of the Niger Delta are empty promises, community leaders say, threatening...

Benghazi, Libya:  The decomposed bodies of 19 Egyptian migrants were found in the Libyan desert overnight after the truck in which they were...

LONDON: The cladding system used on London’s Grenfell Tower would only have met British regulatory standards if the two main materials had passed...

CARACAS: Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro has sought to ease protests and global censure by granting house arrest to opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez but...

Mosul, Iraq: Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi declared victory in the "liberated" city of Mosul on Sunday, his office said, in the biggest...

Mosul, Iraq: With the battle to retake Iraq's Mosul from the Islamic State group drawing to an end, dozens of women and their...

Harare: Zimbabwe's 93-year-old President Robert Mugabe is in Singapore for a "routine medical check-up", state media reported Sunday.  "President Mugabe on Friday left...