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Islamabad: Pakistan has begun building a fence on its 2,500km (1,500 mile) border with Afghanistan to prevent incursions by militants, Pakistan's army...

Johannesburg/London: South African President Jacob Zuma has asked Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan to return home "immediately" from an investor...

Belfast: Britain's Northern Ireland minister must decide whether to call another election, return to direct British rule of the province or give parties...

New Delhi: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday introduced in Lok Sabha four bills on Goods and Services Tax, providing for a maximum GST rate of 40 per...

Washington: U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday is set to announce his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, will take on a White House role to oversee a broad...

Singapore: A Singapore court jailed a couple on Monday for starving their Filipino domestic helper, a case that highlighted what rights groups say is a...

Athens: The leaders of Cyprus's estranged Greek and Turkish Cypriot communities will meet over dinner next Sunday in a first encounter of the two since...

Wellington: China and New Zealand ramped up their cooperation on Monday, pledging to expand their existing free trade agreement into what visiting Premier...

Beijing: China said on Monday it has complained to Japan after a Japanese minister visited self-ruled Taiwan over the weekend, warning this could hurt...

Beijing: China and the countries surrounding the South China Sea should set up a cooperation mechanism to boost exchanges in efforts ranging from disaster...