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CAIRO: A month-long state of emergency has been declared in Egypt by the interim president after violent clashes broke out between security forces and...

CAIRO: Police fired tear gas at supporters of ousted President Mohamed Morsi after clashes erupted in central Cairo on Tuesday while the pro-Morsi protesters...

DHAKA: Violent clashes broke out between Bangladeshi security forces and opposition activists on Tuesday during a 48-hour nationwide general strike called by Bangladesh's largest...

ISLAMABAD: United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon on Tuesday called for the use of drone to gather information only, saying that international laws must be...

BRASILIA: Brazil may cancel a deal worth more than US$4 billion to purchase dozens of military planes from the US after it was revealed...

JERUSALEM: Israel's announcement of plans to expand Jewish settlements on Palestinian lands has clouded the Israeli-Palestinian peace talks scheduled to begin on Wednesday.The United...

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria: At least 44 persons were shot dead and 26 others injured when suspected Islamic militants wearing army fatigues attacked them while they...

BAMAKO, Mali: The 68-year-old former Malian Prime Minister Ibrahim Boubacar Keita has won the country's presidential election after his rival Soumaila Cisse conceded defeat...

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif has urged India and Pakistan to sit together and make a new beginning in bilateral ties to peacefully...

MANILA: At least one person was killed and 45 fishermen went missing after a powerful typhoon battered the northern Philippines on Monday.Typhoon Utor, described...