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United Nations: India on Monday asked the global community to urgently adopt a long-pending global treaty on terrorism as well as implement the UN Security...

HOUSTON: A troubled lawyer opened fire on morning commuters in Houston on Monday, injuring at least nine people before being fatally shot by police,...

ROME: A referendum over Prime Minister Matteo Renzi's flagship constitutional reform will be held on December 4, a government official said on Monday,...

JOHANNESBURG: South Africa's deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa saw his chances of becoming the country's next leader increase on Monday when the...

MANILA: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Monday he would visit Russia and China this year to chart an independent foreign policy and "open...

Dubai: Iran's supreme leader has told former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad not to stand again in next year's elections, state media reported on...

Cairo: President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi on Monday pledged more jobs for Egyptians to help dissuade them from making dangerous voyages to Europe after more...

RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazilian police on Monday arrested Antonio Palocci, a former finance minister and presidential chief of staff in recent Workers Party...

MADRID: Crowds jeered at former International Monetary Fund chief Rodrigo Rato when he arrived at a Madrid court on Monday to face trial for his alleged...

BAKU: Azerbaijan held a referendum on Monday on extending the presidential term from five to seven years, a step that a European democracy watchdog said...