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New Delhi: India's most populous state, Uttar Pradesh, said on Tuesday it was waiving $5.6 billion of loans to help millions of farmers reeling from...

Quito: Ecuadorean leftist Lenin Moreno won Sunday's presidential election, the country's electoral council said on Tuesday, after a tight contest...

Paris: All France's presidential candidates go head to head for the first time on Tuesday in a televised debate that will pit favourites Emmanuel Macron...

Muscat: Indian entry-level computer programmers would find it hard to get an U.S. work visa as the country has ruled that being a simple computer programmer...

QAYYARA WEST AIRFIELD, Iraq: President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner travelled with the top U.S. general to an Iraqi base 10 miles (16km) from...

New Delhi: There is no need to amend the law to use ballot papers for polling, but the Election Commission believes Electronic Voting Machines(EVMs) are a...

Dubai: Yemeni government forces and their Arab allies are massing north and south of the Houthi-held Red Sea port of Hodeidah despite United Nations and aid...

Caracas: Blocking streets with riot shields and using pepper-spray on protesters, Venezuelan security forces impeded an opposition rally in Caracas on...

Johannesburg: President Jacob Zuma said South Africa's fiscal policies will not change and that people should remain calm after its credit rating was...

Hong Kong: A 59.60-carat pink diamond sold for a record $71.2 million in Hong Kong on Tuesday to local jewellers Chow Tai Fook after a five-minute bidding...