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Geneva/Beirut: The UN refugee agency UNHCR hopes the Lebanese foreign ministry will quickly reverse a decision to freeze residency applications the agency...

Amman: At the end of a lavish Ramadan buffet in the banquet hall of one of Amman's five-star hotels, a young Jordanian charity worker rushes to gather...

Netiv Ha'avot (West Bank): Israeli security forces on Tuesday began evicting Jewish settlers from 15 homes which Israel's highest court ruled were...

Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia will reopen its embassy in Pyongyang, Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has said, suggesting an end to the diplomatic row over the...

Beijing/Tokyo: With US President Donald Trump setting the course for normalising ties with North Korea and even saying war games with South Korea would end,...

The Hague: Lawyers for Jean-Pierre Bemba, the Congolese ex-vice president whose war crimes conviction was quashed on appeal last week, requested his...

Oslo: Norway will ask the United States to more than double the number of US Marines stationed in the country in a move that could raise tensions with its...

India/Tokyo: India is set to miss a December deadline to acquire land for a Japan-backed $17 billion bullet train project following protests by fruit...

Seoul: US President Donald Trump's declaration on Tuesday that he intended to end joint military exercises in Korea seemed to be news to both South...

Seoul: South Korea's presidential office said on Tuesday that it needs to seek clarity on U.S. President Donald Trump's intentions after he said...