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London: The government has asked the Queen to suspend Parliament just days after MPs return to work in September - and only a few weeks before the Brexit...

Canberra: The Australian man who claimed to have invented cryptocurrency Bitcoin has been ordered to hand over half of his alleged bitcoin holdings,...

Washington: The United States Commerce Department has received more than 130 applications from companies for licenses to sell US goods to China's Huawei...

Moscow: The leaders of Russia and Turkey have held discussions about a possible expansion of defence industry cooperation, even as differences appeared to...

Sáo Paolo: Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Tuesday that Brazil will only accept an offer of international aid to fight thousands of fires raging...

Kuala Lumpur: Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak arrived in court for the long-awaited first day of hearings for the biggest of five trials linked...

Tokyo: North Korea appears to be developing warheads to penetrate a missile shield defending Japan, the country’s defence minister has said. Minister...

Washington: Purdue Pharma, the opioid drug-maker owned by the billionaire Sackler family, is reported to be offering between $10 billion and $12 billion to...

Beijing: US retailer Costco was forced to close early on its opening day in China, after the store was swamped with shoppers. Buyers battled long queues...

São Paolo: A senior Brazilian official has told Emmanuel Macron to take care of “his home and his colonies” as Brazil rejected an offer from G7...