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New Delhi: India's capital is set for a "deadly cocktail" of pollution in coming weeks, a senior government official said, as air quality in...

Mazatlan, Mexico: Hurricane Willa's fierce winds began to ease as the powerful storm barreled inland over Mexico early on Wednesday, leaving power...

Bangkok: Philippine rights groups said on Wednesday they had begun investigating the killings of nine farmers who had occupied part of a sugar plantation,...

Islamabad: Saudi Arabia has agreed to give Pakistan $3 billion in foreign currency support for a year and a further loan worth up to $3 billion in deferred...

Ramallah(West Bank): Security forces of the West Bank-based Palestinian Authority and Gaza's Hamas group routinely arrest and torture critics and...

Geneva: The UN Human Rights Committee said on Tuesday that France's ban on the niqab, the full-body veil, was a violation of human rights and called on...

Mazatlan(Mexico): Thousands of people were evacuated, buildings were boarded up and schools closed on Mexico's Pacific coast on Tuesday as Hurricane...

Surabaya: Indonesia's second-largest city has come up with a novel way to encourage its residents to recycle waste: giving free bus rides in exchange...

Mumbai: Indian police have detained three people, including the spokeswoman of the country's biggest digital payments company Paytm, over an alleged bid...

New Delhi: India's Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed the use of "green" firecrackers for Diwali next month to try to curb pollution, but it was...