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Beirut: U.S.-backed Syrian militias cut the last main road out of IS-held Raqqa on Monday, severing the highway between the group's de facto capital and...

Mosul/Baghdad: U.S.-backed Iraqi forces captured the second of Mosul's five bridges on Monday, giving a boost to their onslaught on IS's remaining...

Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir witnessed a three-fold increase in cases of rioting, arson and stone pelting last year as compared to 2015, triggered by five...

Bordereaux/Paris: Former prime minister Alain Juppe said on Monday he had decided "once and for all" not to stand in France's presidential...

New Delhi: India on Monday called upon Asian countries to push for a decisive global action plan to dismantle terror infrastructure wherever it exists and...

Varanasi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday made an impassioned plea to voters to defeat SP-Congress combine and BSP, blaming these parties for the...

Brussels: A push by Poland's eurosceptic government to remove fellow-countryman Donald Tusk from one of the top jobs in the European Union seemed to be...

Manila: Philippine senators abruptly ended a hearing on Monday into allegations by a retired policeman that a "death squad" operated under...

Benghazi (Libya): East Libyan forces carried out fresh air strikes on Monday and said they were mobilising ground forces as they attempt to win back two of...

Hong Kong/Beijing: China's third most powerful leader said on Monday that Beijing had the right to "step in" to Hong Kong's leadership...