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Seoul: A South Korean delegation met North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Monday, a South Korean official said, after arriving in the North on a visit aimed...

Cairo: A Cairo prosecutor ordered on Sunday that a state TV talk show host be detained for four days of questioning for allegedly defaming the police, state...

Tehran: France's foreign minister visited Iran on Monday on a delicate mission to affirm Europe's support for a nuclear deal that opened Iran's...

Cairo/Riyadh: Saudi Arabia and Egypt set up a $10 billion joint fund on Sunday to develop a planned mega-city, committing more than 1,000 square kilometres...

Beijing: China on Monday unveiled its largest rise in defence spending in three years, setting a target of 8.1 per cent growth over 2017, fuelling an...

Sydney: Strong aftershocks rocked Papua New Guinea's remote and rugged highlands on Monday, as the death toll climbed to 55 from a 7.5-magnitude...

Rome: Italy faces a prolonged period of political instability after voters delivered a hung parliament in Sunday's election, spurning traditional...

London: Tens of thousands of households across Britain suffered water supply problems on Monday after pipes burst when snow thawed and normal weather...

Mumbai: India's federal police have made four more arrests in the $2 billion fraud case involving state lender Punjab National Bank (PNB), widening the...

Warsaw: Four people died and about 20 were injured in an apartment building collapse in Poznan, western Poland, most likely to have been caused by a gas...