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Berlin: Germany's elite special police unit is hiring more staff and will open a new centre in Berlin because the threat of militant attacks in the...

Hanoi: A court in Vietnam upheld a five-year prison sentence on Monday for a dissident convicted of anti-state activities who violated the terms of his...

Jakarta: Indonesia's parliament will swear in Bambang Soesatyo as its new speaker on Monday, his party said, a critic of President Joko Widodo's...

Tripoli: Heavy clashes broke out in the Libyan capital Tripoli on Monday, leaving at least nine people dead and forcing the airport to suspend all...

New Delhi: India and Israel will begin work on a free trade pact that Tel Aviv has been pushing for, officials said on Monday, as Benjamin Netanyahu began a...

Tunis: Tunisian police arrested 41 more protesters after fresh violent protests against austerity measures in the North African country, the interior...

Baghdad: At least 27 people were killed and 64 wounded in a twin suicide bombing in central Baghdad on Monday, the deadliest attack so far this year in the...

London: Iran has freed 440 people arrested in Tehran during anti-government protests, a judiciary official said, amid continuing uncertainty over how many...

Manila: The Philippine corporate regulator has rescinded the operating license of an online news platform that has been critical of President Rodrigo...

Moscow: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday Moscow will not support attempts by Washington to modify the Iran nuclear deal, arguing such a...