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Cairo: A recently-emerged militant group called the Hasm Movement claimed responsibility on Friday for an assassination attempt on a senior Egyptian...

Occupied Jerusalem: Former Israeli president and Nobel Peace Prize winner Shimon Peres was on Friday laid to rest in a funeral attended by world leaders...

Concarneau (France): An Iraqi government-led offensive to retake the northern Iraqi city of Mosul from IS militant group will start soon, France's...

London: The team behind the James Bond films wants Daniel Craig to return as 007, the spy series' executive producer said on Friday, even after the...

New York: Investigators found the black box recorder as they sifted through the twisted wreckage of a commuter train that failed to stop before plowing into...

Dakar: Mauritanian anti-slavery activists jailed last month have been tortured in detention and transferred to a remote desert location in an...

Sofia: Bulgaria's parliament on Friday banned the wearing of face veils in public in a move which supporters said would boost security in the wake of...

Manila: A self-confessed Philippine hitman who testified that President Rodrigo Duterte had personally issued assassination orders while a city mayor said...

Brussels: European Union (EU) states agreed on Friday on a fast-track, joint ratification of the Paris accord to combat climate change, securing the deal...

Tunis: Tunisia's prime minister plans key talks with unions to hold down state sector wages and sees close to 3 per cent economic growth next year from...