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Zurich: Austria's likely next chancellor, Sebastian Kurz, wants talks over a new government to last no more than two months, he said in a newspaper...

Geneva: Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has been removed as a goodwill ambassador, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Sunday following an...

Tokyo: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling bloc was headed for a big win in Sunday's election, bolstering his chance of becoming the...

Moscow: Russia accused the U.S.-led coalition in Syria on Sunday of wiping the city of Raqqa "off the face of the earth" with carpet bombing in...

New Delhi: The BJP had "very successfully caricatured" Rahul Gandhi but the tactic is no longer working because the people now see the Congress...

Beirut: U.S.-backed militias said they captured Syria's largest oil field on Sunday, pressing their assault against IS in the east of the country. The...

Mogadishu: A roadside bomb killed at least seven people on Sunday - mostly women farmers - in an area outside the Somali capital dominated by insurgents who...

Buenos Aires: Allies of Argentina's business-friendly President Mauricio Macri could sweep the country's "Big Five" voting districts in...

London: Britain can only come up with a figure for a financial settlement with the European Union when Brexit has been agreed, trade minister Liam Fox said...

Sydney: New Zealand's participation in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) has encountered an obstacle with incoming Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern...