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Seoul: Thousands of survivors of floods that hit a remote corner of North Korea in August are in need of urgent aid as winter sets in, a senior...

Ankara: Turkey is negotiating with Russia to open a corridor to evacuate Syrian rebel fighters and civilians from the remaining opposition-held districts of...

ROME: Newly appointed Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni unveiled his government on Monday, keeping almost all the outgoing ministers in place in a sign...

Cairo: A 36-year-old bedbound Egyptian woman, weighing about 500kg and believed to the world's heaviest, will soon leave for India for a...

United Nations: Antonio Guterres, a former Portuguese prime minister, was on Monday sworn in as the ninth UN Secretary-General, succeeding Ban Ki-moon as...

New Delhi: Gold bars weighing 16kg, and worth Rs42.8 million, allegedly hidden in baby diapers were seized and four people were arrested from Indira Gandhi...

Manila: Philippine Vice President Leni Robredo said on Monday she was determined to lead a campaign against President Rodrigo Duterte's deadly war on...

WASHINGTON: Donald Trump on Monday criticised Lockheed Martin's F-35 fighter jet programme as too expensive, the latest attack by the US President-elect...

BRUSSELS: The European Union and Cuba signed a political accord on Monday that the EU hopes will position its companies for Cuba's transition to a more...

PARIS: International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde went on trial in Paris on Monday over her role in a 400 million euro ($424 million) payout of...