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WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama nominated veteran appellate court judge Merrick Garland to the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday, setting up a potentially...

Brussels: European Union officials added last-minute tweaks to a pact with Turkey to halt the flow of migrants into Europe in an effort to make it legally...

Piraeus (Greece): A day after visiting refugees in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley, UN special envoy Angelina Jolie travelled to Greece on Wednesday to highlight...

Palm Beach (US): US Republican front-runner Donald Trump warned on Wednesday of riots if he is denied the party's presidential nomination after a string...

Brasilia/Sao Paulo: Former Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will take over as chief of staff for his successor Dilma Rousseff in a bid to save...

Anakara: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday called on parliament to act swiftly to broaden an anti-terrorism law, saying those who support...

Washington: Commuters in Washington, DC, packed the roads in cars and on bicycles and crowded buses to cope with a last-minute shutdown of the...

Peshawar: A bomb on a bus carrying government employees in the Pakistani city of Peshawar killed 15 people on Wednesday, officials said, and a militant...

Manila: Grace Poe, frontrunner in the Philippines' presidential election campaign, said on Wednesday she favoured relaxing restrictions on foreign...

Maiduguri (Nigeria): Two female suicide bombers killed 22 people on Wednesday at a mosque outside the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri, the heart of...