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Lusaka: Zambian opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema was freed from prison on Wednesday after the state prosecutor dropped charges of plotting to overthrow...

Portsmouth (UK): Britain's most advanced and biggest warship, the 65,000-tonne aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth, berthed for the first time at its...

New Delhi/Kolkata: When India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi banned high-denomination currency bills in a surprise move late last year, authorities...

Moscow: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday he hoped that Iran would not quit the agreement Iran reached in 2015 with world powers to...

Moscow: Former Russian Economy Minister Alexei Ulyukayev told his bribery trial on Wednesday that he had been framed by a close lieutenant of President...

Nairobi: The Kenyan government ordered the suspension of moves to shut down two rights groups that have raised concerns over last week's election, hours...

Ahmedabad: Flanked by Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani and other BJP leaders, Shankarsinh Vaghela, who revolted against the Congress leadership last...

Dakar: When aid worker Idalia Amaya arrived at the scene of the mudslide that devastated Sierra Leone's capital Freetown, she was horrified to find...

Geneva: United Nations human rights experts called on the United States on Wednesday to combat rising racist violence and xenophobia and to prosecute...