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Tikrit (Iraq): Iraq's military closed in on Wednesday on the centre of Shirqat, a northern town held by IS seen as a stepping stone in the campaign to...

Baghdad: Iraq's parliament sacked Finance Minister Hoshiyar Zebari on Wednesday over corruption allegations, a move that risks further destabilising the...

Paris: The United States has begun unblocking deals by Western planemakers to renew Iran's ageing passenger fleet in a move likely to ease growing...

New York: Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Japan's ageing, shrinking population was not a burden, but an incentive to boost productivity through...

Jamshedpur: Eight people, including women, were charred to death and several others suffered injuries in a fire that broke out after a head-on collision...

Kabul: Afghan authorities will sign a peace accord on Thursday with Hezb-e-Islami of Afghanistan, a party led by one of the country's most prominent...

Berlin: Xenophobia is rising in the ex-communist east of Germany and risks tarnishing its reputation as a place to do business, the government said on...

Ankara/Occupied Jerusalem: A man was shot and wounded by Turkish police outside the Israeli Embassy in Ankara after he shouted slogans and wielded a knife...

New York: A lawyer for an Afghan-born US citizen charged with bombings in New York and New Jersey over the weekend asked a federal judge to schedule his...

Johannesburg: South African police fired stun grenades and teargas on Wednesday to disperse students marching near a Johannesburg university to protest...