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Baghdad: Iraq is searching for "highly dangerous" radioactive material stolen last year, according to an environment ministry document and seven...

Cairo: Mohamed Hassanein Heikal, the Arab world's best known political commentator, died on Wednesday at age 92, Egyptian state television reported. The...

Barcelona: Nearly 1 million children need treatment for severe malnutrition in eastern and southern Africa due to drought that is putting millions more at...

Male: A Maldives court has sentenced a hardliner opposition leader to 12 years in jail, convicting him on terrorism charges related to a speech that...

Geneva: The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday that $56 million were needed to combat the Zika virus until June, including for the...

Ankara: Two Turkish opposition parties have pulled out of a commission meant to draft a new constitution, in protest at attempts by the ruling AK Party to...

Karachi: Once the producer of almost half the country's steel needs, state-owned Pakistan Steel Mills' (PSM) cavernous factory buildings on the...

Morelia (Mexico): Pope Francis, who is usually calm and accommodating with his admirers, clearly lost his temper with a person who pulled on him so hard...

New Delhi: Fighting broke out on Wednesday at an Indian court hearing a case against a student union leader accused of sedition, a charge that has sparked...

Yangon: Aung San Suu Kyi met again with Myanmar's powerful commander-in-chief on Wednesday, according to a Facebook post by his office, as talks over a...