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Madrid: The two main pro-independence parties in the Spanish region of Catalonia have agreed to back former leader Carles Puigdemont as candidate for...

Los Angeles: California rescuers worked through the night plucking stranded Santa Barbara residents from mudslides that have killed at least 15 people and...

Islamabad: A Pakistani journalist, known for criticising his country's military establishment, said on Wednesday he had narrowly escaped being kidnapped...

Cairo: Egypt's President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi has won the backing of over three-quarters of parliamentarians for a second term as president, lawmakers...

Quetta: A bomb went off in the centre of the Pakistani city of Quetta, capital of the province of Balochistan, killing seven people and wounding 23 on...

Algiers: On the usually sun-kissed sand dunes of the Sahara desert, a rare blanket of snow allowed Algerians the chance to try out some icy sliding. With...

Beijing/Seoul: Strong winds, high waves and toxic gases are hindering dozens of rescue boats struggling to locate missing sailors from a stricken oil tanker...

Warsaw: Poland's ruling conservatives fired several senior government ministers on Tuesday in an apparent move to improve relations with the European...

Baghdad: Kuwait will host an international conference in February on reconstruction in parts of Iraq devastated by the war against IS, the state-run Kuwait...

Zurich: An overheated iPhone battery injured a repairman in an Apple store in Zurich and prompted the evacuation of around 50 people from the shop on...