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Istanbul: Turkey expects to swiftly eliminate the threat from IS after launching an operation with U.S.-led coalition forces to sweep militants out of the...

PARIS: When Nicolas Sarkozy went fishing for votes in the electoral waters of France's far right for a second presidential term in 2012 it ended in...

Kolkata: Indian President Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday launched Akashvani Maitree, a radio service for Bengali listeners aimed at providing a platform for...

New Delhi: As Home Minister Rajnath Singh will undertake a two-day visit to the Indian-administered-Kashmir on Wednesday, Congress on Tuesday made a strong...

Patna: At least 22 persons have been killed while 2.37 million people affected in the Bihar floods with many areas, specially the riverine belt of 12...

RIGA: US Vice President Joe Biden told Baltic leaders on Tuesday not to take seriously comments by Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump that called...

Geneva: Hundreds of thousands of Iraqis in and around Mosul could be uprooted by the military assault to retake city from IS, the UN refugee agency UNHCR...

HASAKA (Syria)/BEIRUT/AMMAN: Syrian Kurdish forces took near complete control of Hasaka city on Tuesday as a ceasefire ended a week of fighting with the...

Nablus (occupied West Bank): Nablus, the second largest city in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, was gripped by violent protests on Tuesday after the death...

Kinshasa: Opponents of Congolese President Joseph Kabila went on strike on Tuesday to demand that he steps down when his mandate expires in December. In the...