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KUALA LUMPUR: The Philippines on Thursday agreed to allow Malaysia and Indonesia to carry out “hot pursuits” in its territorial waters, as the...

JOHANNESBURG: At least four people have died and several properties destroyed after flash floods hit parts of South Africa’s Gauteng province late Wednesday,...

NINEVEH, Iraq: Peshmerga forces have no short-term plans to withdraw from the town of Bashiqa, which they captured earlier this week from the...

Two police officers were shot early on Thursday in southwestern Pennsylvania where police were searching for the shooter, local media reported.  The officers...

BUDAPEST: The outcome of the U.S.  presidential election marks the end of a period of “liberal non-democracy” that was mainstream in the past...

ISTANBUL: An explosion shook the offices of a district governor in the southeastern Turkish province of Mardin on Thursday and many ambulances were...

NEW DELHI/TOKYO: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi headed to Japan on Thursday to seal a landmark nuclear energy pact and strengthen ties, as...

HAMMAM AL-ALIL, Iraq: On the banks of the Tigris river, men sit and watch, smiling with relief as Iraqi policemen, soldiers and local...

BERLIN: Europe must give U.S. President-elect Donald Trump a chance to continue the transatlantic partnership and the Republican's first remarks after his election...

ISTANBUL: Turkey's air force in September made a public appeal to hundreds of former pilots to return to its depleted ranks to replace...

BAGHDAD: A week after his tank division punched through Islamic State defences on the southeast edge of Mosul, an Iraqi army colonel says...

ATHENS: Unidentified attackers on a motorcycle threw an explosive device at the French embassy in central Athens on Thursday, wounding a guard, police...

CHICAGO/NEW YORK: Demonstrators marched in cities across the United States on Wednesday to protest against Republican Donald Trump's surprise presidential election win, blasting...

WASHINGTON: U.S. President Barack Obama will host an awkward meeting with President-elect Donald Trump at the White House on Thursday in their first...

Beirut: Uncertainty spread across the Middle East following Donald Trump's US election win, with questions hanging over the war against the Islamic State...

Jerusalem: Israeli right-wing politicians rushed to capitalise on Donald Trump's election as US president on Wednesday, with one key minister even declaring an...

Ramallah, Palestinian Territories: The Yasser Arafat Museum opened Wednesday in Ramallah, shedding light on the long-time Palestinian leader's life and offering a glimpse...

MEXICO CITY: Mexico said on Wednesday it will not pay for a border wall after Donald Trump’s surprise U.S. presidential election win and...