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Warsaw: Polish President Andrzej Duda demanded on Monday a greater say over the nomination of judges, in proposals that will be closely scrutinised by the...

New Delhi: The BJP on Monday adopted a six-point agenda, seeking to rid the country of poverty, terrorism, casteism, communalism and corruption, to realise...

Berlin: Germany's Angela Merkel began the tough task of trying to build a coalition government on Monday after securing a fourth term as chancellor in...

Dhaka: Rohingya refugees seeking shelter in Bangladesh from "unimaginable horrors" in Myanmar face enormous hardship and risk a dramatic...

Geneva: Russia is committing "grave" human rights violations in Crimea, including its imposition of citizenship and by deporting prisoners, a U.N....

Beijing: China on Monday jailed former Tianjin mayor Huang Xingguo for 12 years, after he took more than 40 million yuan ($6 million) in bribes to push...

Phnom Penh: Cambodia's main opposition party on Monday put up banners around the country calling for the release of its detained leader Kem Sokha in a...

Tokyo: Tokyo's newest baby panda, who is just beginning to crawl and has now lived long enough to get a name, will be called "Xiang Xiang," to...

Kuala Lumpur: The Philippines has banned companies from forcing female employees to wear high heels at work, in a move lauded by a labour union on Monday...

Wellington: New Zealand First leader Winston Peters said on Monday that he still had not spoken to either major party leader after his small nationalist...