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Kabul: The senior US commander in Afghanistan will have greater freedom to strike at the Taliban under broad new powers approved last month by President...

Brussels: A new commercial data pact between the European Union and the United States entered into force on Tuesday, ending months of uncertainty over...

Chicago: Singapore is the safest nation to do business, according to global risk management company Pinkerton's new tool to help corporate clients...

Juba: People emerged from makeshift shelters in South Sudan's capital on Tuesday after a ceasefire silenced days of heavy fighting that has destabilised...

Misrata (Libya): Libyan forces allied with the UN-backed government have been shelling and carrying out air strikes on the centre of Sirte city in a siege...

Rome/Paris: A humanitarian group said it recovered the bodies of four migrants and rescued around 400 survivors on Tuesday from an overcrowded wooden boat...

Harare: A Zimbabwean preacher leading the biggest protests against President Robert Mugabe in a decade was arrested and charged with inciting public...

Bari (Italy): Twenty people died and dozens were injured on Tuesday when two passenger trains collided at high speed in southern Italy, sending debris...

London: Singer Taylor Swift has topped this year's Forbes list of the world's 100 highest paid celebrities, earning $170 million mainly thanks to...

Baghdad: At least nine people were killed and 32 wounded on Tuesday when a car packed with explosives was detonated in a district just north of Baghdad,...