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Khartoum: South Sudan's President Salva Kiir and rebel leader Riek Machar said on Monday they hoped for a breakthrough in peace talks as they met in...

Dubai: Iran is banning imports of over 1,300 products, preparing its economy to resist threatened US sanctions, amid rare public protests against the plunge...

Luxembourg: The European Union imposed sanctions on seven senior military officials from Myanmar on Monday, including the general in charge of an operation...

Kabul: The Taliban on Monday rejected pleas by Afghan elders and activists for an extension of this month's ceasefire and said they amounted to a call...

Tripoli: Italy's anti-immigration interior minister said on a visit to Libya on Monday he had proposed setting up migrant reception centres at...

Bangkok: Search and rescue teams in Thailand were looking on Monday for 13 members of an under-16 soccer team trapped in a flooded cave complex deep inside...

Bangkok: Thailand will hold a general election by May 5 next year, a deputy prime minister said on Monday, signalling the possibility of another delay of a...

Hanoi: Flash floods and landslides triggered by torrential rains have killed at least seven people and left 12 missing in northern Vietnam since Saturday,...

Istanbul: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan won sweeping new executive powers on Monday after his victory in landmark elections that also saw his AK Party...

Beirut: Government helicopters dropped barrel bombs on the city of Deraa on Monday for the first time in nearly a year, a rebel and a war monitor said,...