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Russian President Vladimir Putin (3rd R) and Saudi Defence Minister Mohammed bin Salman (4th L) pose for a picture during their meeting in...

Kiev: Kiev said Monday it was banning all Russian airlines from flying into Ukraine from October 25 in a tit-for-tat response to Moscow's...

BERLIN:  German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives and her Bavarian allies have agreed on a plan to set up "transit zones" at the border...

The UN draft stipulates the formation of a national unity government and would create a new legislative dominated by the Tripoli-based leadership TRIPOLI: ...

  STOCKHOLM: Angus Deaton of Britain and the United States won the Nobel Economics Prize on Monday for his work on consumption, poverty and...

By Marwa Rashad and Reem Shamseddine RIYADH/KHOBAR:  Saudi Arabia's finance ministry, seeking to cut waste as state revenues shrink because of low oil...

This handout photograph taken in 1978 and obtained from the Afghan Taliban on October 12, 2015 shows the late Afghan Taliban leader Mullah...

BHOPAL: Noted Hindi poet Rajesh Joshi here on Monday announced he had returned his Sahitya Akademi award in protest against the attacks on...

Indian activist Sudheendra Kulkarni (L), whose face was blackened by ink in an alleged attack, looks on as former Pakistani foreign minister Khurshid...

A frame grab taken from footage released by Russia's Defence Ministry shows what Russia says is smoke rising after air strikes carried out...

Ousted Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak sits in the defendant?s cage in between his sons Gamal (left) and Alaa. (file photo)   CAIRO: An Egyptian...

Ankara: Turkish Prime Minister's Office confirmed that the twin blasts that rocked capital Ankara were caused by two suicide bombers. "Identification efforts continue...

Manila: The Philippines' election season kicked off Monday with politicians registering for thousands of posts, launching a typically raucous and deadly seven months...

Riyadh: Saudi Arabia is planning to triple the number of visas it issues for umrah, the lesser pilgrimage, reports said on Monday, less...

Beirut: Syria's leading Kurdish militia and several Arab rebel groups that have fought alongside it have formalised their alliance in a new group...

    Samastipur, India: India's poorest state, Bihar, began voting Monday in a high-stakes election that premier Narendra Modi hopes will help his government push...

Amman: French air strikes in Syria have probably killed French jihadists, a source in the delegation of Prime Minister Manuel Valls said on...

Moscow: Russia will prepare documents on rocket engines supplies to China by the visit of Russia's Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, due in December,...