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Athens: Four people drowned and six were rescued when a small boat laden with migrants overturned on Wednesday off the Greek island of Lesbos, the...

Kathmandu: Nepal's former Maoist rebels joined forces with the largest opposition party on Wednesday to lodge a motion of no-confidence in the prime...

Berlin: Germany will recall soldiers serving at the Incirlik airbase in Turkey if Ankara continues blocking German lawmakers from visiting the troops, Vice...

Brussels: The European Commission proposed more unified EU asylum rules on Wednesday, in a bid to stop people waiting for refugee status moving around the...

Moscow: A former editor of a Russian media group described how he and colleagues were pushed out over reporting that angered officials, in the first public...

Bujumbura: A Burundian member of the East African Legislative Assembly was shot dead on Wednesday in what Rwanda's foreign minister called an...

Rome: Italian mafia boss Bernardo Provenzano, one of the most notorious crime figures of his time, has died in a Milan hospital at the age of 83, prison...

Tokyo: Japanese Emperor Akihito, who has spent much of his time on the throne trying to heal the wounds of World War Two, intends to abdicate in a few...

Seoul: South Korea announced on Wednesday the site where a US THAAD anti-missile defence unit will be deployed against North Korea's missile and nuclear...

London: David Cameron entertained parliament with a series of farewell quips on Wednesday in his last appearance as prime minister before making way for...