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Kabul: Civilian casualties in Afghanistan rose to new highs in 2016, driven by more IS attacks, the most deaths and injuries from air strikes since 2009 and...

Karachi: An Afghan diplomat was shot dead on Monday by a guard at the Afghan consulate in Pakistan's southern city of Karachi in a personal dispute,...

Paris: Heavyweight centrist Francois Bayrou joined calls on Sunday for French presidential candidate Francois Fillon to withdraw from the race, as his own...

New Delhi: A boy died in Jammu and Kashmir in an incident related to rainfall which hit parts of northern India even as Delhi witnessed a pleasant day amid...

Abuja: Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday asked parliament to extend his medical leave, his office said in a statement, after he took two...

Bucharest: Romania's Social Democrat government made good on Sunday on a promise by the prime minister to repeal a decree decriminalising some graft...

Moscow: Russia said on Sunday that it supports the continuation of Syria peace talks under United Nations auspices, long-running negotiations which had been...

Dubai: Iran will issue visas for a US wrestling team to attend the Freestyle World Cup competition, the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) reported on...

Mosul: As a walkie-talkie carried word of another casualty from an IS mortar attack, an Iraqi policeman peered through leaves at enemy positions just across...

Manila: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Saturday that peace negotiations with Maoist-led rebels would be scrapped, five months after both sides...