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KIEV: The Ukrainian Parliament Speaker Volodymyr Rybak has said that the country’s President Viktor Yanukovych has accepted the idea of a coalition government with...

KABUL: The Afghan government on Thursday morning freed 65 accused militants from a former US prison despite fierce condemnation from the United States. “The 65...

BEIJING: A powerful 7.3 magnitude earthquake jolted northwest China's Xinjiang region on Wednesday, the China Earthquake Networks Centre said.The epicentre of the quake that...

BANGKOK: The Thai Supreme Court on Wednesday turned down a petition filed by the country's main opposition party, seeking to declare the February 2...

ALGIERS: A military transport plane, carrying families of military staff, crashed in north-eastern Algeria on Tuesday, killing at least 103 persons, the country's Annahar...

WASHINGTON: The United States is considering delaying the issue of bilateral security agreement with Afghanistan until President Hamid Karzai leaves office and a new...

TEHRAN: Iran has successfully test-fired a new generation of a ballistic missile and a laser-guided missile, the Iranian defense minister said.The two missiles were...

KOLKATA: A head-on collision occurred between two jeeps and a speeding truck on a highway in eastern India on Tuesday morning, killing 16 persons.Police...

KATHMANDU: Sushil Koirala, the leader of the Nepali Congress party, was elected as the country’s prime minister on Monday, a development that will help...

GENEVA: The second round of talks between representatives of the Syrian government and the foreign-backed opposition is set to begin in the Swiss city...