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New York: Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon congratulated Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio on taken the name Pope Francis on his assumption of the papacy.“I look forward to...

Beijing: The 9th edition of COTTM, China's leading outbound travel exhibition, is scheduled to be held at the Beijing National Agricultural Exhibition Center from...

Madrid: The Twelfth Meeting of the World Committee on Tourism Ethics commended the UNWTO Private Sector Commitment to the Global Code of Ethics for...

BEIJING: The Chinese parliament on Thursday formally elected Xi Jinping as the country's new president, the move came four months after he took charge...

VATICAN CITY: Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, 76, of Argentina has been elected as Pope. He is the first Pope from Latin America in the history...

By Zurlqarnain Haider ISLAMABAD: Ben Emerson UN Special Rapporteur who is here in Pakistan met British High Commissioner Adam Thompson on Wednesday March 13, 2013 in...

VATICAN CITY: Roman Catholic cardinals have failed to elect a new pope to lead the troubled Church as black smoke rose from a chimney...

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia on Wednesday publicly executed seven men convicted of thefts, looting and armed robberies, despite appeals for clemency by UN experts and...

NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday demanded Italy to send back two marines charged with the murder of two fishermen in...

PYONGYANG: North Korea confirmed on Wednesday that it has canceled the armistice signed in 1953 that brought a three-year conflict with rival South Korea,...