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Beirut: The Syrian army backed by Russian air strikes has opened a major new front against IS, the third big assault on the self-proclaimed caliphate this...

Tripoli: Libya is uniting its various armed factions and will be able to eradicate IS militants on its territory with its own forces, the head of the...

Paris: A two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict may soon be impossible, France warned on Friday as it held an international conference to...

Paris: The Louvre and Orsay museums in Paris moved scores of art works and precious artefacts to safety and soldiers evacuated residents trapped in some of...

Budapest: A decision by Britain to leave the European Union could set a "devastating" precedent for central Europe as some countries, particularly...

SINGAPORE: NATO's top military officer, General Petr Pavel, denounced US presidential candidate Donald Trump on Friday for criticising the alliance as...

Hyderabad: Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's US visit, starting on June 7, India on Friday said "protectionism" was creating hurdles and...

Tunis: Flagging terrorism as an area of common concern, Vice President Hamid Ansari on Friday voiced concern over the use of terrorism as an instrument of...

Islamabad: Pakistan is targeting a near 16 per cent rise in tax revenues in the fiscal year ending June 2017, Finance Minister Ishaq Dar said on Friday as...

Srinagar: Three Border Security Force personnel were killed and four others critically injured when terrorists ambushed their convoy near Bijbehara on...