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Johannesburg: South Africa's President Jacob Zuma has authorised more than 400 soldiers to join the security team at his annual state of the nation...

Mumbai: The Reserve Bank of India on Wednesday said the weekly limit on withdrawal of cash from savings bank accounts will be increased to Rs50,000, from...

Harare: Zimbabwe's Constitutional Court dismissed a case against President Robert Mugabe on Wednesday lodged by an activist who accused the ageing...

Bosasso (Somalia): Gunmen stormed a hotel in Somalia's semi-autonomous Puntland region on Wednesday, killing four guards, a senior official and an IS...

Mumbai: Air India Express has deferred plan to launch direct flight to Tehran amid uncertainties over the current US administration's stance towards...

Mogadishu: Somali lawmakers gathered behind the blast walls of the capital's airport on Wednesday to elect their president, after months of delays and...

Vatican City: Pope Francis issued a stinging criticism of atrocities against Myanmar's Rohingya minority on Wednesday, saying they had been tortured and...

Yangon/Cox's Bazar (Bangladesh): A Myanmar patrol boat opened fire on Bangladeshi fishermen, killing one, because it feared it was under attack, Myanmar...

Seoul: South Korea's Lotte Group said Chinese authorities have halted construction at a multi-billion dollar real estate project after a fire...

Beijing: The United States needs to brush up on its history about the South China Sea, as World War II-related agreements mandated that all Chinese...