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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government announced plans on Monday to set aside a quota of government jobs for poorer members of India's...

Colombo: Ten years after top newspaper editor Lasantha Wickrematunge was killed by a suspected government death squad the failure to secure a prosecution...

Vatican City: Pope Francis on Sunday urged EU leaders to show "concrete solidarity" with 49 migrants stranded on NGO ships off the coast of Malta...

Jakarta: A strong 6.6-magnitude earthquake struck off the Indonesian coast on early Monday, sending residents running out of their homes, but no tsunami...

Riyadh: Syria's opposition chief on Sunday urged Arab leaders not to rebuild relations with President Bashar Al Assad's government, voicing...

Washington: President Donald Trump stood firm on Sunday on his demand for billions of dollars to fund a border wall with Mexico, claiming...

Kinshasa: The DR Congo was on tenterhooks Sunday, awaiting a new date for officials to announce the results of elections to replace Joseph Kabila as...

Sanaa: A second round of negotiations between Yemen's government and Houthi rebels could be hosted "soon" in Jordanian capital Amman, a rebel...

Bangkok: Dozens of anti-junta activists gathered in Thailand on Sunday to call for the military government to honour a long-anticipated election set for...