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Berlin: US President Barack Obama arrived in Berlin Wednesday for talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on a European tour aimed at reassuring...

WASHINGTON: President-elect Donald Trump used his Twitter account on Wednesday to denounce reports of problems in his transition team, singling out the New...

BENGHAZI, Libya: At least 20 members of the Libyan National Army (LNA) have been killed and 40 injured in two days of fighting...

NAIROBI, Kenya: The Kenyan government Wednesday announced it had postponed the closure of the Dadaab refugee camp -- the largest in the world...

Riyadh: Saudi Arabia's commerce minister said Wednesday that the kingdom is seeking reciprocal treatment on visas, after critics said the introduction of higher...

CAIRO: Mohamed El Baradei, who briefly served as Egyptian vice-president following Egypt’s 2013 military coup, recently recalled how he had been threatened by...

Athens: Inequality in a globalised economy is one of the greatest challenges now facing democracies worldwide, US President Barack Obama said Wednesday in...

WASHINGTON: Republican President-elect Donald Trump said on Wednesday he was not trying to get security clearance for his children, which would allow them...

BAGHDAD, Nov 16 (Reuters) - An Iraqi Shi'ite paramilitary group said on Wednesday it is about to storm the Tal Afar airbase, west...

BEIRUT: Air strikes hit near a children's  hospital and a school in rebel-held eastern Aleppo on Wednesday in the second day of renewed...

Hanoi: Two tigers are killed or illegally trafficked every week, according to fresh analysis published Wednesday that warned of the "disastrous impact" on...

Belgrade: A year after jihadists used weapons manufactured in Serbia to gun down victims in Paris, Balkan countries are struggling to end the...

BAGHDAD: Islamic State terrorist group has caused massive destruction in the ancient city of Nimrud, the Iraqi government said. The capital of the...

Bangalore, India: A controversial Indian mining tycoon has taken over a royal palace and flown in Brazilian dancers at a reported cost of...

CATANIA, Italy: Almost 500 migrants arrived at the port of Catania on Wednesday after being rescued earlier this week near the coast of...

Beirut: Syrian and Russian warplanes bombed rebel-held areas in Aleppo and Idlib province overnight, a monitor said, a day after Moscow announced a...

Kuwait City: Kuwait must enact further subsidy reforms to trim its budget deficit resulting from low oil prices despite political sensitivity, the International...

ANKARA: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday accused Belgium of being an important centre for supporters of both the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party...