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Cairo: Egypt's three-day presidential election drew to a close on Wednesday with little sign that President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi would achieve the high...

Washington: Amazon.com Inc shares fell as much as 7.4 per cent on Wednesday, wiping about $53.6 billion from its market value after US President Donald...

Gaza: A small group of Palestinian women in Gaza are stretching their limbs with yoga to help them teach others to cope with the stresses and traumas of...

Edinburgh/Madrid: Catalan academic Clara Ponsati, accused by Spain of rebellion for her role in Catalonia's independence campaign, was granted bail by a...

Goma: Rebels are suspected of killing at least 11 civilians in an attack in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, officials said on Wednesday, adding...

Bogota: Colombia, which will hold presidential elections in May, on Wednesday blocked access to a cell phone application it said might be connected with...

Accra: Thousands of people protested in Ghana's capital Accra on Wednesday against the expansion of its defence cooperation with the United States, in a...

Kemerovo/Moscow: Funerals began in Russia on Wednesday for the 64 people, most of them children, whose deaths in a fire at a Siberian shopping mall have...

Washington: The US decision to expel 60 alleged spies is unlikely to cripple Russian spying in the United States because others have wormed and hacked their...

Beirut/Amman: The Syrian army is preparing to launch a "huge" operation against the last rebel-held town in eastern Ghouta unless the Jaish Al...