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Cairo/Ismailia (Egypt): Egypt's parliament on Tuesday approved an extension of a nationwide state of emergency until the end of September as a police...

Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's daughter Maryam Nawaz will appear on Wednesday for the first time before the Supreme Court-appointed...

Bangkok/Mahachai (Thailand): Thailand's junta delayed on Tuesday parts of a new labour law aimed at regulating the foreign workforce after the decree...

Sydney: Australia's Northern Territory government said on Tuesday it will retain a 20 per cent stake in the strategic Port of Darwin that it leased to...

Mosul/Erbil: Iraqi forces slowed their advance on Tuesday through the last streets in Mosul controlled by IS where militants and civilians are packed in...

Brussels: The European Union and Japan expect to commit to signing a free trade deal on Thursday, the EU said, in what both see as a push back against a...

Itanagar: Union minister Kiren Rijiju escaped unhurt when his chopper made an emergency landing on a small field due to bad weather here on Tuesday. The...

Berlin: Germany is expecting Russia to try to influence its general election on September 24, but there are no indications of which party it would seek to...

Darjeeling( West Bengal): The situation in Darjeeling remained tensed as the agitation for a separate Gorkhaland entered its 20th day on Tuesday. Internet...

Geneva/Beijing: United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein has met Chinese officials regarding Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu...