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TOKYO: Japanese researchers say they have successfully copied fingerprint data from a digital picture of a person flashing a two-fingered "V" or...

LONDON: For the first time since World War Two, the giant illuminated billboards that have lit up London's Piccadilly Circus for over 100 years have...

ROME: McDonald's received a lukewarm reception when it opened a new branch just steps from St. Peter's Square last month, but on Monday the fast...

Erbil (Iraq): As Iraqi forces fight to retake the northern city of Mosul from IS, an artist in nearby Erbil is chiseling at clay in a tiny, unheated studio...

Vienna: Iran has complied with a deadline set by its landmark nuclear deal with world powers by removing hundreds of centrifuges, machines that enrich...

Gaza: An electricity crisis that has caused protests and unrest in the Gaza Strip eased on Monday after Qatar donated $12 million to buy fuel for the...

Mumbai: With the improvement in cash situation, the Reserve Bank of India on Monday more than doubled the daily ATM withdrawal limit to Rs10,000 but...

LONDON: US President-elect Donald Trump will propose offering to end sanctions imposed on Russia over its annexation of Crimea in return for a nuclear arms...

Beirut/Amman: Syrian rebel groups have decided to attend peace talks backed by Russia and Turkey in Kazakhstan to press for full implementation of a...

RIO DE JANEIRO: A new uprising has broken out at a prison in northeastern Brazil where 26 inmates were killed by a rival gang faction over the weekend,...