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London/Washington: The United States said on Monday it would expel 60 Russian diplomats, joining governments across Europe punishing the Kremlin for a nerve...

Beirut: Syrian rebel factions are blaming each other for opening the way to their defeat near Damascus, underlining splits that plagued the armed uprising...

Islamabad: The United States has imposed sanctions on seven Pakistani companies over suspicion they have links to the nuclear trade, potentially hurting...

Moscow: Investigators looking into a fire that killed at least 64 people at a busy shopping mall in the Siberian city of Kemerovo said on Monday that a...

Ankara/Varna (Bulgaria): Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan said he will seek the removal at a summit with the EU on Monday of all obstacles to a stalled...

Madrid/Berlin: Former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont was due to appear in a German court on Monday as Spain sought to extradite him over the...

Tokyo: Prime Minister Shinzo Abe wants to repeal a Japanese law requiring broadcasters to show impartiality, a step critics fear will lead to sensational...

Tokyo: Japan's first lady, Akie Abe, once known mainly for embracing progressive causes that put her at odds with her conservative spouse, is now in the...

Manila: The territorial dispute with Beijing over the South China Sea remained a security challenge despite an improvement in bilateral ties, the Philippine...

Manila: Some rights groups may have become "unwitting tools" of drug lords in the Philippines to undermine the president, his spokesman said on...