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Manila: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has signed into law a bill giving the police chief and two other senior police officials the power to issue...

Mumbai: Mehul Choksi, one of the central figures accused of involvment in an alleged fraud of nearly $2 billion against Punjab National Bank, criticised...

Beirut: The Syrian army is poised to slice rebel-held eastern Ghouta in two as forces advancing from the east link up with troops at the enclave's...

Washington: The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum has rescinded its top award to Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi because of her failure to condemn and stop...

London: Prime Minister Theresa May defended Britain's links to security ally Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, as Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman met Queen...

London: British police are treating an incident in which a Russian ex-spy and his daughter fell critically ill as attempted murder by administration of a...

New Delhi: Saudi Arabia has given Air India permission to fly between New Delhi and Tel Aviv over Saudi airspace, the airline's spokesman told Reuters...

Beirut: A magnitude 5.4 earthquake hit southeast Iran on Wednesday evening, state media said. The epicentre of the earthquake was about 14 km (9 miles) away...

Dubai: Air strikes killed a woman and a young girl in northern Yemen on Wednesday in a series of attacks by an Arab coalition fighting the country's...

New York: The second winter storm within a week crept into New York and surrounding states on Wednesday, with forecasters predicting intensifying snowfall...