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Kolkata: Continuing her tirade against Prime Minister Narendra Modi on demonetisation, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday said she would...

Rome: Italian Finance Minister Pier Carlo Padoan would be a leading contender to succeed Matteo Renzi at the head of a new government if the premier loses...

MEXICO CITY: Mexican soldiers were involved in the disappearance and apparent massacre of 43 students two years ago, according to a leading journalist,...

PARIS: French President Francois Hollande and Prime Minister Manuel Valls should contest a Socialist primary election to pick the party's candidate for...

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian political cartoonist Zulkiflee Anwar Ulhaque, or Zunar as he is popularly known, was arrested on Saturday under the country's...

KABUL: British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson dismissed suggestions on Saturday that Britain's exit from the European Union and the election of Donald...

Sirte (Libya): Libyan forces faced fierce resistance on Saturday from IS militants defending a final strip of land in their former stronghold of Sirte,...

Baghdad: Iraq's parliament approved a law on Saturday that will transform Popular Mobilisation forces, a coalition of militias that played a role in...

Dubai: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani called on Saturday for greater cooperation between Iran and Turkey to help establish stability in Syria and...

Beirut: Syrian government and allied forces seized large parts of an important district in rebel-held eastern Aleppo on Saturday but fierce fighting for...