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Amritsar: Seven children were killed and 17 others injured when a school bus fell into a canal at Mahawa border out post near Attari border in the north...

Tikrit (Iraq): Iraqi forces launched an operation on Tuesday to retake the northern town of Shirqat from IS, a stepping stone in their campaign to recapture...

Athens: Thousands of people fled a migrant camp on the Greek island of Lesbos on Monday night after fire swept through tents and housing cabins during...

Hebron: A Palestinian who tried to stab an Israeli soldier was shot dead on Tuesday and an Israeli aircraft intercepted a drone launched by Hamas, the army...

Manila: Convicted Philippine felons on Tuesday told a Congressional hearing they had bribed a former justice minister and fierce critic of President Rodrigo...

Kinshasa: At least two people were killed when armed men in uniform torched the headquarters of the main opposition party in Democratic Republic of Congo on...

Bangkok: A British rights activist was found guilty by a Thai court on Tuesday of criminal defamation and given a three-year suspended sentence, a move...

Jakarta: Harvard and Columbia university research showing smoke from land fires in Southeast Asia led to more than 100,000 premature deaths last year...

Seoul: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised a ground test of a new rocket engine to launch satellites, the North's state media reported on...

Hanoi: A court in Vietnam sentenced a land rights activist to 20 months in jail on Tuesday for causing public disorder, her lawyer said, jailing her for a...