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JOLO, Philippines: Two Indonesian sailors kidnapped by Islamist militants off the southern Philippines walked free on Thursday after a firefight that left five...

PARIS: Hurricane Irma, described as one of the most powerful Atlantic storms in a century, has killed at least six people in the...

Oslo: You can be the happiest people in the world and still toy with the idea of change: oil-rich Norway votes Monday in...

Tehran:  The website of Iran's main stadium was hacked on Wednesday with a demand that women be allowed to watch football matches, a...

PRAGUE: Czech lawmakers voted on Wednesday to let police bring fraud charges against Andrej Babis, the leading candidate to become prime minister in...

New York:  As Houston residents contend with flooded homes and lost belongings in the upheaval left in the wake of Hurricane Harvey, many...

BERLIN: After 12 years in power, Chancellor Angela Merkel is presenting  herself as more than just Germany’s ‘Mutti’, campaigning in cyberspace to get...

PARIS: President Emmanuel Macron wants to scrap rules allowing some state rail workers to retire on a full pension up to 10 years...

Irma passed over islands in the Caribbean and barreled toward Puerto Rico with Florida in its sights as the Category 5 hurricane threatens...

BEIRUT: The Syrian army and its allies are fighting to secure and expand a precarious corridor to their comrades in Deir al-Zor a...

Geneva: United Nations war crimes investigators on Wednesday said they had evidence that Syrian government forces were behind the chemical attack that killed...

GENEVA: Syrian forces have used chemical weapons more than two dozen times during the country's civil war, including in the deadly attack that...

Vladivostok, Russia: Russian President Vladimir Putin and South Korean President Moon Jae-In agreed Wednesday that resolving the North Korea crisis as soon as...

HANOI: China on Wednesday dismissed Vietnamese condemnation of its military live-fire exercises in the disputed South China Sea, saying it was acting within...

Paris: France is worried about thousands of people who are refusing to seek shelter from hurricane Irma on the French islands of Saint-Martin...

JAKARTA: Thousands of Indonesians, led by Islamist groups, held a rally near the Myanmar embassy in Jakarta on Wednesday to protest against the...

Kabul: US forces apologised Wednesday for dropping leaflets in northern Afghanistan depicting a dog with a Koranic verse written across its body --...

ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines: The most wanted member of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) in the southern province of Basilan was arrested Tuesday...