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JERUSALEM: Palestinian municipal elections that were cancelled under controversial circumstances last year are now set to be held in May, the Ramallah-based Palestinian...

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia: Moroccan King Mohammed VI delivered a speech Tuesday to an assembly of the African Union (AU) heads of state and...

BRUSSELS: NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Tuesday said the alliance should develop its own missile systems after reports Iran had conducted ballistic...

NINEVEH, Iraq: Iraqi forces on Tuesday seized a munitions depot amid ongoing army operations to capture eastern Mosul from the Islamic State terrorist...

MOSCOW: Half of Russians are in favor of lifting a headscarf ban in schools, according to a poll released Tuesday. The Russian Public...

KARACHI, Pakistan: Fresh Israeli settlements and U.S. plans to move its embassy to Jerusalem dominated talks between Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Palestinian...

TUNIS: Tunisia’s parliament has voted to draw up a fact-finding committee tasked with investigating networks that allegedly recruit Tunisian youth for conflicts in...

Yangon: Myanmar police made record seizures of synthetic drug tablets last year, data obtained by AFP showed Wednesday, underscoring the country's ongoing and...

Berlin: German police have conducted a number of anti-terrorism raids across the central state of Hesse on Wednesday, authorities have confirmed. Fifty-four properties...

Seoul: Former United Nations secretary-general Ban Ki-moon, one of the world's most recognised South Koreans, announced Wednesday he will not stand for the...

NEW DELHI: India is a "bright spot" in the world economy, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said as he unveiled his annual budget on...

Kerala MP E. Ahamed passed away. The death of former Indian minister of states for external affairs has officialy been confirmed by hosptal...

Istanbul: Turkey arrested two MPs from the main pro-Kurdish party yesterday, including its chief spokesman, the latest move in a crackdown on the...

BEIRUT: The Syrian government has denied rumours that President Bashar al-Assad is suffering from ill health, saying he was “carrying out his duties...

Jerusalem: The Palestinian Authority said yesterday that local elections delayed last October after a spat between political factions will now take place in...

Jerusalem: Israeli Jews born in the seven countries included under US President Donald Trump's travel restrictions will not be banned from America, the...

CAIRO: The Islamic State  (IS)group in Egypt claimed yesterday that its fighters killed and wounded 20 Egyptian soldiers in four days of clashes...

Tehran: Iran yesterday warned the United States against fuelling tensions over its ballistic missile tests as the UN Security Council prepared for urgent...