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Baghdad: Iraq's powerful cleric Moqtada Al Sadr on Wednesday called for renewed protests demanding that parliament approves a long-delayed new cabinet...

Benghazi: Military forces in eastern Libya said IS militants had retreated from long-held positions around the city of Derna on Wednesday, and were engaged...

Kolkata: Polling for the crucial third phase of West Bengal Assembly election for 62 seats, including seven constituencies in Kolkata, will be held on...

Brussels: Russia accused the United States on Wednesday of intimidation by sailing a US naval destroyer close to Russia's border in the Baltics and...

Geneva/Beirut: Syria's fragile peace talks might not resume for at least a year if they are abandoned now, a senior Western diplomat warned on...

Edinburgh: Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said on Wednesday her pro-independence Scottish National Party (SNP) would not press for a second...

Houston: At least nine people have been killed and some 1,150 residences damaged by floods in Houston this week that caused high water to spill on to roads...

Oslo: Norway violated mass killer Anders Behring Breivik's human rights by keeping him in isolation in prison after being sentenced for killing 77...

Karachi: Taliban gunmen attacked policemen guarding medical workers administering polio vaccinations in the Pakistani city of Karachi on Wednesday, killing...

Brussels: The European Union's executive said on Wednesday it will propose on May 4 granting Turks visa-free travel to the bloc from late June in a deal...