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Tunis: The number of foreign tourists in Tunisia rose by 23 per cent in 2017 compared with the previous year, official data showed, indicating that a vital...

Karachi (Pakistan): Pakistan has appointed an economist, who was recently chairman of the board of investment, to take charge of the finance ministry after...

Chennai: The death of a 21-year-old woman working in a garment factory in south India has reignited concerns among rights campaigners over the working...

Beijing: China will bring its paramilitary police force, the People's Armed Police, under the control of the Central Military Commission which controls...

Mumbai: High humidity will magnify the effects of rising heat from South America to India, affecting people's ability to work and even survive, unless...

Berlin: If Angela Merkel becomes German chancellor again, nearly half of voters would want her to quit her term early, according to a poll offering a rare...

Geneva/Beirut: Months of deadlock over medical evacuations from Syria's biggest remaining siege broke late on Tuesday when a deal between Damascus and a...

Tashkent: Uzbekistan's Finance Ministry has sacked 562 employees after President Shavkat Mirziyoyev ordered it to root out inefficiency and get rid of...

London: Former US president Barack Obama said the way people communicate via social media risked splintering society and leaders had to ensure the Internet...

Beijing/Hong Kong: China's parliament on Wednesday said part of a high-speed railway station being built in Hong Kong would be regarded as mainland...