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Occupied Jerusalem: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu launched talks on Wednesday with far-right politician Avigdor Lieberman on recruiting him into...

Abuja/Lagos: A Nigerian union defied a court ban to launch a general strike on Wednesday in protest at a planned hefty increase in fuel prices, though many...

Maiduguri (Nigeria): A Nigerian teenager kidnapped by Boko Haram more than two years ago has been rescued, the first of more than 200 girls seized in a raid...

Dhaka: Bangladesh has asked SWIFT to help its police question technicians sent by the global financial network to Dhaka to connect a new bank transaction...

Rome: Italy and Libya discussed late on Tuesday renewing a 2008 accord under which Italy pledged billions of dollars in investments in return for energy...

Dehradun: Soaring temperatures in Uttarakhand reignited forest fires in the hill state on Wednesday, with nearly 180 hectares of green cover gutted in the...

Kampala: Uganda's main opposition figure Kizza Besigye has been ordered detained until June 1 on charges of treason, a judicial official said, days...

Kolkata: During Assembly elections in West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Assam, Kerala and Puducherry, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was the most discussed political...

Bangkok: Child rights groups welcomed a new law in the Philippines requiring special emergency plans to protect children after disasters and said the...

London: Queen Elizabeth unveiled plans by British Prime Minister David Cameron on Wednesday to overhaul prisons and help the poor under a social reform...