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Tokyo: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Wednesday visited a region devastated by flooding over recent days and promised that the government would do...

Mosul (Iraq): Iraqi forces clashed with IS militants holding out in Mosul's Old City on Wednesday, more than 36 hours after Baghdad declared victory...

London: One of the biggest icebergs on record has broken away from Antarctica, scientists said on Wednesday, creating an extra hazard for ships around the...

Phnom Penh: Cambodia has banned all sand exports on environmental grounds, the Ministry of Mines and Energy said on Wednesday, officially ending the sale of...

Juba: South Sudanese activists are using music, poetry, theatre, comedy, dance and fashion to preach tolerance in the world's youngest nation which has...

Gaza: British war surgeon David Nott was back in the Gaza Strip this week to share with local doctors specialist knowledge he has amassed from working in...

Beijing: Chinese Nobel Peace Prize-winning dissident Liu Xiaobo's condition is critical and his breathing is failing, the hospital treating him said on...

Srinagar: Security forces have launched a massive hunt to track down Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) commander and Pakistani national Abu Ismail, who has emerged as...

Jenin Occupied West Bank: Israeli forces killed two Palestinians on Wednesday in a raid on a refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian medical...

Beijing: Ships carrying personnel for China's first overseas military base, in Djibouti in the Horn of Africa, have set sail to begin setting up the...