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Kochuberia (West Bengal): Five Ganga Sagar pilgrims, including a woman died in a stampede at a jetty at Kochuberia in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas...

JOHANNESBURG: South Africa's African National Congress (ANC) is not bound by tradition to elect its deputy as leader, President Jacob Zuma said in an...

SAO PAULO: Brazilian police on Sunday entered a prison in the northeastern state of Rio Grande do Norte where authorities expect the death toll from a...

Dubai: Iran's parliament passed a five-year economic development plan on Sunday that includes a sharp rise in foreign investment, though Tehran may not...

NYANZA (Rwanda): The last king of Rwanda, who died aged 80 in October in the United States after decades in exile, was buried in his ancestral home in the...

Dubai: Iran will not renegotiate its nuclear agreement with world powers, even if it faces new US sanctions after Donald Trump becomes president, Deputy...

Tripoli: Western Libya was plunged into darkness late on Saturday as a blackout already affecting the south spread to the capital, Tripoli, and other major...

Khartoum: Sudan said on Sunday it would extend a unilateral ceasefire in fighting with rebels in the country's warring regions to six months, state news...

New Delhi: France has appreciated demonetisation in India, terming it as a "bold" decision which "shows how determined" Prime Minister...

Prien (Germany): Some 30 swimmers braved the frosty waters of Germany's Chiemsee over the weekend, racing to be crowned "Ice King" of the...