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MANILA: A massive 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck southern Philippines early on Tuesday, killing at least 73 persons. However, there was no threat of a Pacific-wide...

STOCKHOLM: The 2013 Nobel Prize for Economics has been awarded to three Americans Eugene F. Fama, Lars Peter Hansen and Robert J. Shiller for...

DAMASCUS: At least 20 persons were killed and dozens others injured on Monday in a car bomb explosion in the northern Syrian town of...

MOSCOW: Police arrested at least 380 persons while 23 sustained injuries during the anti-migrant riots which broke out in the Biryulyovo district of Moscow,...

CHENNAI: India has seized a US ship and arrested all its 35 crew members on board after they failed to produce the necessary documents...

ISLAMABAD: US special envoy for Pakistan and Afghanistan James Dobbins called on Adviser to the Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs and National Security Sartaj...

NEW DELHI: At least 109 persons were killed and 133 others injured when a stampede broke out at a religious gathering at Datia district...

Islamabad:  Former spokesperson of the Pakistani Taliban Ehsanullah Ehsan, who was sacked on July 10, 2013 by the central council over his alleged threats...

WASHINGTON: The US National Security Agency (NSA) has been authorized to continue its secret collection of phone records of all citizens of the country.The...

HANOI: An explosion occurred at a fireworks factory in a military complex around 120 kilometres (75 miles) north of Vietnam’s capital Hanoi, killing at...