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Mathura: Slamming Uttar Pradesh's ruling Samajwadi Party for establishing a "goonda raj", BJP chief Amit Shah on Wednesday said the...

London: Pippa Middleton, younger sister of Britain's Duchess of Cambridge, won a court injunction on Wednesday banning publication of 3,000 photos...

Zurich: Two pilots died when a Swiss military helicopter crashed in the Alps on Wednesday, prompting the air force to ground its fleet of Super Pumas while...

Baghdad: Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al Abadi said on Wednesday that Washington would send more US troops to help local forces in the battle to retake Mosul...

Amman: Jordan's King Abdullah II swore in a new government headed by Hani Mulki as prime minister for a second term on Wednesday, with a little-changed...

Ankara/Istanbul: A concrete wall being built to stop illegal crossings along the length of Turkey's 900-km (560-mile) border with Syria will be finished...

Islamabad: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif faces a key choice in the coming weeks about who should run Pakistan's powerful military, one that will have a...

Manila: A riot broke out at a Philippine prison on Wednesday, killing one inmate and wounding three, all of whom had been expected to testify at a...

Sofia: The Bulgarian government said on Wednesday it was nominating Kristalina Georgieva, European Commissioner for Budget and Human Resources, for the post...

Shanghai: China shut schools and cancelled dozens of flights as Typhoon Megi made landfall in the southern province of Fujian on Wednesday with winds of...