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ROME: A larger-than-life mural showing Pope Francis as a sneaky graffiti artist painting peace signs on a wall near the Vatican was taken...

Manila: Millions of people in the Philippines were on high alert Wednesday for one of the strongest typhoons to ever hit the disaster-battered...

ANKARA: Iraq's Mosul and Syria's Aleppo are the two cities which will set the future course of the fight against Islamic State, according...

BEIRUT: Former Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri intends to endorse  Michel Aoun for the vacant presidency, senior political sources said, and the Hezbollah...

Quito: Ecuador said Tuesday it had cut the internet access of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who is holed up at its London embassy,...

JAKARTA: Aid agencies were on standby on Wednesday to respond to the strongest typhoon to threaten the Philippines in three years, which was...

Beirut: A pause in Russian and Syrian strikes on Aleppo held into a second day Wednesday, ahead of a brief ceasefire aimed at...

WASHINGTON: U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump faces a formidable challenge on Wednesday when he and Democrat Hillary Clinton face off in their...

Manila: A Philippine police van on Wednesday rammed and ran over baton-wielding protesters outside the US embassy in Manila. Police used tear gas...

Seoul: South Korea's troubled STX Offshore and Shipbuilding Co. was put up for sale by public tender Wednesday along with its profitable French...

Gaza: Israeli forces Wednesday infiltrated Gaza borders and razed land to the north of the Gaza Strip, said sources. Four Israeli military patrols...

Seoul: A passenger was crushed to death Wednesday after getting stuck between a subway train and a platform screen door in South Korea....

Berlin: Four German police officers were wounded, some of them seriously, when a member of the far-right "Citizens of the Reich" group opened...

New Delhi: New Delhi zoo has temporarily closed after two birds died of bird flu, its curator said Wednesday, a month after India...

Bangkok: Thai "cyber-scouts" have flagged scores of websites for alleged royal defamation since the death of King Bhumibol Adulyadej and are monitoring all...

MOGADISHU: A suicide car bomb and gun attack in the Somali town of Afgoye on Tuesday killed 11 people, including government employees, an...

PRAGUE: Czech police have detained a Russian man wanted in connection with hacking attacks on targets in the United States, the police said,...

BANGKOK: Thais are crowding shopping malls and department stores to stock up on black clothes, as they begin a year of mourning for...