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MANILA, Philippines: A two-story ferry with 544 passengers caught fire after docking in the central Philippines on Saturday and people jumped into the...

  BEIRUT: A Syrian government air strike northeast of Damascus killed about 80 people on Saturday, rescue workers and the Syrian Observatory for Human...

Iran denies it is trying to produce atomic weapons and insists the Bushehr reactor and its other nuclear facilities are purely for peaceful...

Fighters from Al Qaeda's Syrian affiliate Al Nusra Front are seen driving through the northern Syrian city of Aleppo flying Islamist flags in...

        Punjab Home Minister Colonel (retd) Shuja Khanzada, who is among the 10 killed in today’s suicide bombing attack, is seen in this file...

By Sanu George KOZHIKODE, Kerala: Prisons may not be providing the ideal setting for the making of a poet-cum-writer but a middle-aged woman...

Nepalese police detain a protester during a general strike organised by a 30-party alliance led by a hardline faction of former Maoist rebels,...

Syrian refugees prepare to board the passenger ship 'Eleftherios Venizelos' at the port on the Greek island of Kos, August 15, 2015.   KOS...

U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks to the media before heading over the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa, United States,...

  JAKARTA: An Indonesian twin-turboprop aircraft carrying 54 people lost contact with air traffic control on Sunday in the remote, forested eastern Papua region,...

DUBAI: Bahrain will remove government subsidies on meat from Sept. 1, allowing domestic prices to rise, state news agency BNA reported as the...

Iraqi protesters shout slogans and carry Iraqi national flags during a demonstration at Tahrir square in central Baghdad. Hundreds of Iraqis rallied on...

TEHRAN: Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is opposed to a landmark nuclear deal reached with world powers, a prominent hard-liner claimed yesterday....

  Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia, China and Australia will meet in September to “refine” the search for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 after part of the...

Mokhtar Belmokhtar Nicosia: The militant group Al-Murabitoun, which has claimed a string of deadly attacks in North Africa, has declared itself a branch...

Lebanese security officers remove women who closed off a road while protesting against the detention of Sheikh Ahmad Al Assir by Lebanese authorities,...

    Washington: New guidelines in a US military war manual may change the rules for reporters covering conflicts, but it remains to be seen...

Armed forces parade outside the Houses of Parliament to commemorate the 70th anniversary of VJ (Victory over Japan) Day in London yesterday. The...