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Islamabad: Pakistan has defended its record on nuclear safety after the United States sanctioned seven Pakistani companies over alleged links to the nuclear...

Madrid/Berlin: A German court said on Monday it was likely to take several days to decide whether to extradite former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont to...

Prague: Czech President Milos Zeman has ordered the country's counter-intelligence service to see if the type of nerve agent used in an attack in...

Cairo: Egyptians voted on Monday in a presidential election set to deliver an easy win for incumbent Abdel Fattah Al Sisi, with turnout the main focus after...

Beirut: A cleric has been expelled from his seminary in Lebanon after a video of his piano playing, posted online, drew criticism from conservatives, he...

Beijing: North Korea leader Kim Jong Un has visited China, Bloomberg reported on Monday citing three unnamed sources, in what would be his first known...

Beirut: The last rebel group fighting in Syria's eastern Ghouta said on Monday it was still trying to negotiate an end to the army's assault,...

Johannesburg: South Africa's former president Jacob Zuma was due to appear in court on April 6 to face charges of corruption in a years-old $2.5 billion...

London/Washington: The United States said on Monday it would expel 60 Russian diplomats, joining governments across Europe punishing the Kremlin for a nerve...

Beirut: Syrian rebel factions are blaming each other for opening the way to their defeat near Damascus, underlining splits that plagued the armed uprising...