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Vatican City: Palestinian President Mahmuod Abbas warned yesterday that moving the US embassy in Israel to Jerusalem would deal a huge blow to...

Istanbul: Turkey has arrested two Chinese nationals of Uighur origin in connection with a mass shooting in a nightclub in Istanbul on New...

TUBAN, Indonesia: An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.6 struck off Indonesia’s Maluku Islands on Saturday. The United State Geological Survey reported...

Bangkok: A Thai military air show for children was marred by tragedy yesterday when a fighter jet plunged from the sky and burst...

Achieving a general ceasefire in Syria has been central to every diplomatic initiative to end the conflict since the United Nations Security Council...

Tokyo: High levels of toxic chemicals were found in groundwater tests at a new facility scheduled to replace Tokyo's Tsukiji fish market --...

Sydney: A Japanese man has been rescued after spending a night drifting on his surfboard miles off the east coast of Australia, a...

Until May of last year, I was known, or in truth barely known, as a lifelong anti-racism activist, trainer, teacher, writer, and lecturer....

Islamabad: The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists has asked Pakistan to investigate the fatal shooting of a local journalist n the country's...

Islamabad: The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) has warned of ill-timed rains in the country in future due to climate change, saying they will...

Islamabad: US defence secretary-designate James Mattis has said that the Trump administration would offer incentives to Pakistan to cooperate with the United States...

Islamabad: Citing the Political Parties Order 2002 and relevant rules, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) called on all those political parties whose...

Beijing: China's sole aircraft carrier has returned home following a far-ranging three-week training mission during which its combat capabilities were closely scrutinised and...

BEIJING: Zhou Youguang, a linguist considered the father of modern China's Pinyin Romanization system, died yesterday at the age of 111. Born in...

Suva, Fiji: A shallow 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Fiji on Saturday, the US Geological Survey said, but there were no...

Beijing: Beijing’s air quality target for 2017 is more than double the acceptable standard set by the World Health Organisation (WHO), the mayor...

Thiruvananthapuram: Former Chief Minister Oommen Chandy yesterday failed to turn up for a crucial political affairs committee (PAC) meeting of the Congress party...

Chandigarh/Ambala: Sparking a new controversy over the Father of the Nation, Haryana Minister Anil Vij said on Saturday that Prime Minister Narendra Modi...