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Baghdad/Erbil: Residents of Mosul said IS was using civilians as human shields as Iraqi and Kurdish forces captured outlying villages in their advance on...

New Delhi: India will extend all help to Myanmar in setting up democratic institutions for ensuring stability in that country during transition phase,...

Dubai/Washington: An Iranian court has sentenced an Iranian-American businessman and his elderly father to 10 years in prison on charges of cooperating with...

Ankara: Turkey's ruling AK Party will soon bring to parliament its plans to expand the powers of the presidency, Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said on...

Yangon: Violence in Northern Rakhine state of Myanmar is stopping aid agencies from delivering food and medicines, a United Nations official said on...

Ludwigshafen (Germany): The two people known to have died after an explosion and subsequent fire at German chemical giant BASF's flagship production...

Washington: Anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks said late on Monday that its founder Julian Assange's Internet was shut down by the government of Ecuador,...

Mumbai: Two persons were killed after a major fire broke out in a residential building in posh south Mumbai on Tuesday, with firefighters rescuing 11...

Bangkok: Days after widely revered King Bhumibol Adulyadej died, many Thais are heading to tattoo parlours to get a lasting memory of the only monarch they...

Bangkok: Thailand's junta sought on Tuesday to reassure the country that the death of King Bhumibol Adulyadej last week would not upend plans for a...