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WASHINGTON: The US Senate overwhelmingly voted on Tuesday to begin consideration of a White House-backed Bill to overhaul the US immigration system, burying a...

ISTANBUL: Hundreds of police clad in riot gear pushed easily past barricades in Istanbul's central Taskin Square early Tuesday, and many of the protesters...

BEIRUT: At last 14 people were killed when two bombs apparently targeting a police station exploded in central Damascus on Tuesday, state media said.The...

Over the past five years, Israel has exported security equipment to Pakistan and four Arab countries including Egypt, Algeria, the United Arab Emirates and...

SEOUL: In an effort to build mutual trust and ease tension on the Korean Peninsula, North and South Korea have agreed to hold a...

WASHINGTON: A 29-year-old government contractor was unveiled Sunday as the source of bombshell leaks about US monitoring of Internet users and phone records.Edward Snowden...

NEW YORK: New York is a competitive, competitive town. This we know. Some of this competitiveness is healthy. Some of it is ridiculous. People...

BAGHDAD: At least five people were killed in two car bombs, one in a Baghdad Shiite neighborhood and the other targeting an Iraqi police...

KABUL: Three NATO-led soldiers were killed when a man in an Afghan government army uniform fired at them in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Paktika...

SEOUL: The UN is preparing to send 206,800 tons of food aid to North Korea, Yonhap news agency reported.Aid prepared by the World Food...