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Muscat: Pakistan’s overseas labour force no longer needs to apply for the mandatory National Identity Card for Overseas Pakistanis (NICOP), the government...

Rome: Italy on Saturday closed its ports to hundreds of migrants rescued off Libya who face a chilly Christmas at sea after a mother and newborn baby were...

Aden: UN monitors arrived in Yemen on Saturday to oversee a fragile ceasefire in the rebel-held city of Hodeida, the latest push to secure peace in the...

Washington: The US government began a Christmas shutdown early on Saturday, after Congress adjourned without passing a federal spending bill or addressing...

Antananarivo: Former Madagascan president Andry Rajoelina was set to return to power as partial election results on Saturday gave him a clear lead over his...

Dhaka: Bangladesh's main opposition website has been shut down, the party said on Saturday, amid accusation the government is muzzling dissent ahead of...

Gatwick Airport(United Kingdom): Two people have been arrested in connection with the "criminal use of drones" at London's Gatwick Airport,...

Omdurman(Sudan): Protests this week in Sudan over the rising cost of bread have claimed 22 lives, Sudanese opposition leader Sadiq Al Mahdi said on...

Paris: French "yellow vests" turned out in small numbers for a sixth Saturday of nationwide demonstrations, with one person killed in a road...

London: One of Britain's busiest airports was forced to suspend all flights after reports of drones flying over the airfield, causing disruption for at...