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Oslo: The Earth is likely to get relief in 2017 from record scorching temperatures that bolstered governments' resolve last year in reaching a deal to...

Moscow: Russia used an Iranian air base to launch air strikes in Syria for a second day running on Wednesday, rejecting US suggestions its co-operation with...

Cairo: Desperate to elude roving financial police and fearful of new jail terms for black-market money-changing, Egypt's currency traders are driving...

Gaza/Occupied Ramallah: Palestinian political parties began registering candidates for municipal elections on Wednesday, the first step in years towards a...

Seoul: North Korea's deputy ambassador in London has defected with his family to South Korea, making him the highest-ranking Pyongyang diplomat ever to...

Johannesburg: South Africa's biggest parties have failed to form coalition governments in major economic hubs following elections this month, they said...

Beijing: China and a grouping of Southeast Asian nations aim to finish by the middle of next year a framework for a code of conduct to ease tension in the...

Beijing: Seven people were killed and a child remained missing after several vehicles were swept away by flash floods in China's northwest province of...

New Delhi: Senior Congress leader and former home minister P. Chidambaram on Wednesday blamed the PDP-BJP government for the unrest in...

Manila: An Indonesian tugboat crewman escaped from his militant captors in the Philippines on Wednesday by swimming out to sea after the militants...