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Beijing: Two dragon boats practicing to race on a river in China have overturned and 17 people drowned, the official Xinhua news agency reported on...

Beirut/London: Air strikes pounded a rebel-held area near Damascus on Sunday, footage broadcast by Syrian state TV stations showed, as the Syrian government...

Occupied Jerusalem: Israel's defence minister said on Sunday a Palestinian scientist shot dead in Malaysia was a rocket expert and "no saint",...

Beijing: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit China later this week for an informal meeting with President Xi Jinping, as efforts at rapprochement...

Yerevan: Armenian police detained three opposition leaders on Sunday and dispersed some protesters on the 10th day of demonstrations against the appointment...

London: Britain's health minister Jeremy Hunt threatened to impose new regulations on social media firms unless they do more to protect young people...

Tokyo: A Japanese woman born in the final year of the 19th century and believed to have been the world's oldest person died on Saturday, Kyodo news...

Managua: Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega said on Saturday he was ready to consider changing an unpopular social security overhaul that has sparked days...

Antananarivo: One person was killed on Saturday when Madagascar police fired tear gas at opposition demonstrators protesting against new electoral laws they...