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Madrid: Mariano Rajoy faces the first test of a tough second term as Spanish prime minister this week, as he unveils a new cabinet that must build...

San Salvador: El Salvador's former President Antonio Saca was arrested Saturday on corruption charges alleging misuse of public funds, the attorney...

Bucharest: Thousands of Romanians marched in silence through the capital Bucharest on Sunday to mark one year since a nightclub fire killed 64 people, a...

Abidjan: Voters in Ivory Coast cast their ballots in a referendum on Sunday to decide whether to approve a new constitution that President Alassane Ouattara...

Karachi: China's Shanghai Electric power company will buy a controlling stake in K-Electric, a power generation and distribution company in...

Thiruvananthapuram: A severe drought is looming large over Kerala as the state has received deficient rainfall during the south-west monsoon. There has been...

Srinagar: Opposition National Conference's working president Omar Abdullah on Sunday expressed disappointment and grief over incidents of schools being...

South of Mosul: Iraqi troops and security forces edged closer to Mosul on two southern fronts on Sunday but a leader of the militias newly participating in...

Amman/Beirut: Syrian rebels opened a new front in Aleppo as fighting spread on the third day of a major insurgent counter-attack to break the...

Brussels: The European Union and Canada signed a free trade agreement on Sunday that aims to generate jobs and growth though it must still clear some 40...