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Geneva: Myanmar security forces have brutally driven out half a million Muslim Rohingya from northern Rakhine state, torching their homes, crops and...

Washington: U.S. President Donald Trump asked Congress on Tuesday for a loan of $4.9 billion to help the cash-strapped Puerto Rican government pay urgent...

Jhargram (West Bengal): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday held the Centre responsible for the Darjeeling unrest and said the state...

Bangkok: Thailand is putting the finishing touches this month to a lavish five-day funeral ceremony in a final goodbye to its late King Bhumibol Adulyadej,...

Madrid/Barcelona: Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy on Wednesday gave the Catalan government eight days to drop an independence bid, failing which he...

Athens: A Greek court on Wednesday backed the extradition to Moscow of a Russian citizen who also faces being sent to the United States on allegations of...

New Delhi: An inquiry report on the September 29 Elphinstone bridge stampede in Mumbai that killed 23 people has blamed heavy rain, confusion and the...

Beijing: Chinese President Xi Jinping is likely to retain his right-hand man, the graft-buster Wang Qishan, in a senior position at a key Communist Party...

London: Workers at Bombardier's Northern Irish plant called on British Prime Minister Theresa May to be more visible in her attempts to save their jobs...

Tlogoweru (Indonesia): The owls of Tlogoweru have their jobs back. Six years ago farmers in this small Indonesian village were fighting a losing battle...