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GAZIANTEP: Five years ago, Mohammed Sherzad, all of 12 years of age, with a thick mane of blonde hair and deep blue eyes, sought shelter at the Nizip...

Pretoria: Disgraced Paralympic gold medallist Oscar Pistorius will be sentenced in June for the 2013 murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, after his...

New Delhi: India's finance ministry is asking for regular progress reports from tax collectors and has set a date for an amnesty to pay off arrears on...

Istanbul: Executives of a major Turkish company were among 100 people detained by police on Monday over allegations of funding the movement of cleric...

Kuala Lumpur: The Malaysian prime minister's brother, Nazir Razak, announced on Monday that he was taking voluntary leave of absence from his role as...

Yangon: Aung San Suu Kyi, whose post as Myanmar state counsellor makes her de facto head of state, vowed on Monday to build a democratic federal union...

Pedernales/Portoviejo: The death toll from Ecuador's worst earthquake in decades rose to 350 on Monday while traumatised survivors rested amid the...

Tokyo: The Japanese share market fell more than 3 per cent on Monday after a series of earthquakes measuring up to 7.3 magnitude struck a southern...

London: British finance minister George Osborne said a vote to leave the European Union would do permanent damage to the country's economy and could...

Kabul: Like many teenagers, 19-year-old Negin Khpalwak from Kunar in eastern Afghanistan loves music, but few people of her age have battled as fiercely to...