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Beirut: Rebel shelling killed eight children at a school in the government-held part of Aleppo on Sunday and a barrel bomb killed a family of six in the...

LES CAYES (Haiti): Haitians began voting in a long-delayed presidential election on Sunday, hoping a new government will lift the economy after a...

PARIS: French voters were choosing a conservative presidential candidate on Sunday in a primary contest whose winner is seen as likely to become head of...

BERLIN: Angela Merkel told top members of her party on Sunday that she wants to run for a fourth term as German chancellor in next year's election,...

New Delhi: The Centre and states on Sunday failed to reach a consensus on who will control which set of assessees under GST. The GST Council will meet again...

Agra: In poll-bound Uttar Pradesh, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said his demonetisation decision had severly hit the parties whose leaders seek...

Istanbul: President Tayyip Erdogan was quoted on Sunday as saying that Turkey did not need to join the European Union "at all costs" and could...

Yangon: Myanmar is largely unprepared for an outbreak of Zika, experts say, with the health ministry slashing anti-virus measures due to lack of funds,...

Seoul: South Korean prosecutors said on Sunday that they believed President Park Geun-hye was an accomplice in a corruption scandal that has rocked her...

Beijing: China's President Xi Jinping, in separate meetings with the leaders of the Philippines and Vietnam, said disputes over the South China Sea...