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Manila: The Philippines has recalled its ambassador to Canada in an escalating row over the disposal of waste wrongly labelled as recyclable. The...

Riyadh: The US Department of State has ordered all of its non-emergency staff in Iraq to leave the country, the US Embassy in Baghdad announced. In a...

Dhaka: Police in Bangladesh have stopped dozens of Rohingya refugees from being trafficked to Malaysia, detaining up to 81 people waiting to be taken...

London: The UK's parliament will have a chance to vote on the country's withdrawal agreement from the EU in the first week of June, a Downing Street...

Cairo: Sudan's military rulers and protest leaders on Wednesday agreed on a three-year transition period for the transfer of power to a full civilian...

Oakland: San Francisco became the first major US city to prohibit facial recognition technology by government agencies in what advocates said aims to better...

Muscat: Pakistan has announced a tax amnesty scheme giving citizens a chance to declare hidden assets. Addressing a press conference on Tuesday, Dr Abdul...

Santo Domingo: The US government announced it would provide $160 million in funding to Colombia to help implement the historic peace accord signed between...

Kathmandu: Eight Nepali climbers reached the top of Mount Everest on Tuesday, opening the route for a potentially record number of climbers to summit the...

Manila: Tourist arrivals in the Philippines have risen 7.59 percent in the first quarter of 2019, the country's Department of Tourism (DOT)...