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Shinzo Abe re-elected as Japan’s premier

TOKYO, Japan: The Japanese Parliament on Wednesday re-elected Shinzo Abe as the country’s prime minister for another four-year term. The 60-year-old Abe secured 328 votes...

56 killed in separatist attack in India’s Assam state

GUWAHATI, India: At least 56 persons were killed while another 80 injured in a series of deadly attacks by tribal separatists in the Indian...

Pakistan welcomes restoration of diplomatic ties between US, Cuba

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: The Foreign Office said on Thursday that Pakistan welcomes the announcement made by the US President Barack Obama to re-establish diplomatic ties...

13 Indian policemen killed in Maoist attack in Chhattisgarh state

PATNA, India: At least 13 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel including two officers were killed and more than a dozen injured in an...

Afghan president plans security reforms

KABUL, Afghanistan: As part of reforms in the security system of Afghanistan, the Afghan President Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai plans to suspend senior civilian and...

US to lose most if talks over Iran’s nuclear program fail: Khamenei

TEHRAN, Iran: The leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has said that it will be the United States which will lose...

US defence secretary Chuck Hagel resigns

WASHINGTON: The US defence secretary Chuck Hagel has tendered his resignation which has also been accepted by the President Barack Obama, a US senior...

Al-Shabab militants kill 28 non-Muslims in northeastern Kenya

NAIROBI, Kenya: The Somalia-based militant group al-Shabab has killed 28 non-Muslims in northeastern Kenya on early Saturday. The incident took place in an area, 50...

Bahrain holds first legislative elections after 2011 popular uprising

MANAMA, Bahrain: The polling for the first parliamentary and municipal elections in Bahrain is underway on Saturday despite a boycott by the Shia opposition. The...

Obama to visit India in January to attend Republic Day celebrations

WASHINGTON: The US President Barack Obama will undertake an official visit to India in January next year, his second as the US president while...

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