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Ramallah(West Bank): Security forces of the West Bank-based Palestinian Authority and Gaza's Hamas group routinely arrest and torture critics and...

Geneva: The UN Human Rights Committee said on Tuesday that France's ban on the niqab, the full-body veil, was a violation of human rights and called on...

Mazatlan(Mexico): Thousands of people were evacuated, buildings were boarded up and schools closed on Mexico's Pacific coast on Tuesday as Hurricane...

Surabaya: Indonesia's second-largest city has come up with a novel way to encourage its residents to recycle waste: giving free bus rides in exchange...

Mumbai: Indian police have detained three people, including the spokeswoman of the country's biggest digital payments company Paytm, over an alleged bid...

New Delhi: India's Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed the use of "green" firecrackers for Diwali next month to try to curb pollution, but it was...

Riyadh: Pakistan is seeking loans from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and friendly countries to reservice debt and shore up its economy, prime...

Bangkok: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday visited the site where nine farmers were killed while occupying part of a sugar plantation,...

New York: A record-setting $1.6 billion prize that would instantly make a single winner one of the richest people in the world will be up for grabs on...

Yilan, Taiwan: The driver of a train in Taiwan that crashed killing 18 people told a court on Tuesday he had switched off its speed-control system, a court...