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New Delhi: The winter session of Rajya Sabha opened on Wednesday with a united opposition mounting an assault on the government over demonetisation, saying...

Baghdad: An Iraqi militia said on Wednesday it was on the verge of driving IS fighters from an air base west of Mosul, a victory which would threaten the...

Karachi: The mayor of Pakistan's largest city Karachi, accused of helping militants and instigating political violence, was released from prison on...

Beirut: Air strikes battered neighbourhoods around a children's hospital and a blood bank in rebel-held eastern Aleppo on Wednesday in a second day of...

Washington: President-elect Donald Trump listed several countries whose leaders he had spoken with since winning the US presidential election and used his...

Pairs: Emmanuel Macron launched his bid for the French presidency on Wednesday, a move likely to take votes from mainstream candidates in a tight race that...

Cairo: Egyptian authorities have taken the name of former presidential candidate Ahmed Shafiq, who fled the country after his 2012 defeat, off airport watch...

Occupied Jerusalem: Israel's parliament gave preliminary approval on Wednesday to a disputed bill that would retroactively legalise Jewish settlement...

Karachi: Pakistan has ordered Turkish teachers at schools with alleged links to a Turkish cleric opposed to President Tayyip Erdogan to leave the country,...

Frankfurt: Iran expects to see "more rationality" on the part of Donald Trump once he assumes the role of US president and leaves behind what was...