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Beirut: Syrian government forces and allied militias gained ground on Wednesday in clashes with rebels in eastern Ghouta near Damascus as fighting raged...

Dhaka/Yangon: Thousands of Rohingya Muslims have fled a strip of land on the border between Myanmar and Bangladesh after the two countries met to discuss...

Sydney: Whole villages were flattened and water sources spoiled by a powerful earthquake that killed at least 20 people, residents said on Wednesday as...

Geneva: Venezuela's foreign minister said on Tuesday that US sanctions against the ailing oil nation are making foreign debt renegotiation more...

Ankara: A Czech court on Tuesday ordered the release of a jailed former Syrian Kurdish PYD leader, sparking a diplomatic row with Turkey which had sought...

Cape Town: South Africa's parliament on Tuesday passed a motion brought by the radical left party, Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), to carry out land...

Washington: The US Supreme Court on Tuesday curbed the ability of immigrants held in long-term detention during deportation proceedings to argue for their...

Brussels: The European Union's chief negotiator warned London again on Tuesday that Brexit negotiations were not going well enough to guarantee that the...

Beirut/Geneva: A Russian call for a five-hour truce on Tuesday failed to halt one of the most devastating campaigns of the Syrian war, where residents said...

Rome: Former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi said on Tuesday he planned to propose Antonio Tajani, the president of the European Parliament, as prime...