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Baghdad: Iraq's parliament failed on Saturday to approve May 12 as the election date, as suggested by the government, as minority sect and Kurdish...

Tripoli: The only functioning airport in the Libyan capital reopened on Saturday after a five-day closure caused by deadly clashes that left passenger jets...

New Delhi: India's environment ministry has put restrictions on the imports of petroleum coke in the capital Delhi and its surrounding region, in the...

Lima: On Friday Pope Francis suffered what millions of ordinary people have to deal with -- a flat tyre. While the pope was being driven into Lima from the...

Brasilia: One thing the designers of Brazil's modernistic capital Brasilia forgot to map out in their intricate plans was where to put the rubbish. The...

Los Angeles: Rocker Tom Petty died in October due to "multisystem organ failure" brought on by an accidental overdose of seven medications, the...

Washington: The US military has put countering China and Russia at the center of a new national defence strategy unveiled on Friday, the latest sign of...

Washington: Twitter Inc, which is reviewing Russian interference during the 2016 U.S. elections, said on Friday it would notify some of its users whether...

Bangkok: Hundreds of police in Thailand on Saturday blocked protestors planning to march from Bangkok to Khon Kaen in the northeast of the country in a rare...

Cairo: Former Egyptian armed forces chief of staff General Sami Anan said on Saturday he intended to run in the country's presidential election in...