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Islamabad: A Pakistani government ministry recommended on Wednesday that Afghan refugees be given a five-month extension of their stay, dispelling fears...

Ljubljana: The number of foreign tourists visiting Slovenia jumped almost 17 percent last year to 3.4 million, the statistics office said on Wednesday, the...

Nairobi: Three Kenyan television stations will remain off the air indefinitely as the government investigates the "swearing in" of opposition...

Paris: Prominent Swiss academic Tariq Ramadan, a professor of Islamic studies at the University of Oxford, has been taken into custody by French police...

Hong Kong: Lawmakers in Chinese-ruled Hong Kong voted on Wednesday to ban ivory sales in the world's largest ivory retail market, a move wildlife...

Beijing: China's relations with Britain will remain unchanged through Brexit, Premier Li Keqiang said on Wednesday, as British Prime Minister Theresa...

Aden: Three days of deadly clashes between southern Yemeni separatists and an internationally recognised government based in the port of Aden subsided on...

Manila: The U.S. government is "cautiously optimistic" on Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs after it saw a decline in...

Muscat: An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 shook the Afghan capital, Kabul, on Wednesday morning but there were no immediate reports of any damage or...