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It is not merely the faith or oil that flows out of Saudi Arabia. The oil-rich Arab state and its neighbours are busy financing...

BANGKOK: At least 19 persons were killed and 23 others injured when a double-decker passenger bus caught fire after colliding with a truck on...

WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama can now go ahead with a plan to arm the struggling Syrian rebels, after several congressional concerns have been...

YANGON: Myanmar's government on Tuesday began releasing another 73 political prisoners and more could be freed in coming months, days after President Thein Sein...

SAO PAULO: The Brazilian Air Force founded a homemade bomb hidden near a Brazilian shrine where Pope Francis is scheduled to visit later this...

DINGXI: At least 75 persons were killed and more than 400 injured after a powerful and shallow earthquake struck near the city of Dingxi...

BRUSSELS: The European Union on Monday declared the military wing of Lebanese party Hezbollah a terrorist group.The decision by the EU's 28 foreign ministers...

LONDON: Kate Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge, is in the early stages of labour and was admitted to hospital at just before 6am today...

BERLIN: German intelligence services themselves used one of US National Security Agency’s (NSA) most valuable spying programs, a report published by German newspaper Spiegel...

ISLAMABAD: In order to review its policy on drone attacks, the United States has expressed its willingness to hold bilateral talks with Pakistan, talks...