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Sydney: Australian police failed to respond quickly enough to the threat posed by a gunman responsible for a siege at a Sydney cafe in 2014 in which three...

New Delhi: The Income Tax Department has issued summonses to Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad's MP daughter Misa Bharti and her husband in...

Yangon: Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi opened a new round of talks with some of the country's myriad ethnic groups on Wednesday, looking to...

Cancun (Mexico): Governments of 100 countries still lacking disaster early warning systems have a duty to invest in the projects, which could save lives and...

Manila: A tactically smart, social media savvy group eager to align with IS has emerged from the glut of bandit and separatist groups in the southern...

Vatican City: Pope Francis urged U.S. President Donald Trump to be a peacemaker at their highly anticipated first meeting on Wednesday, and Trump promised...

Beirut: Lebanon's government has reappointed central bank governor Riad Salameh for another six-year term, information minister Melhem Riachy said on...

Kathmandu: Maoist Nepali Prime Minister Prachanda resigned on Wednesday, barely nine months after coming to power, creating a leadership vacuum weeks before...

Quetta/Islamabad: Armed men pretending to be policemen kidnapped two Chinese language teachers in the Pakistani city of Quetta on Wednesday, provincial...

Quetta (Pakistan): Pakistan has arrested a Taliban militant leader authorities describe as the "mastermind" behind three major attacks in...