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BEIJING: China has appointed a former ambassador to both Afghanistan and India Sun Yuxi as a special envoy for Afghanistan.In a statement, the Chinese...

Updated storyCOLOMBO, Sri Lanka:  Sri Lankan politician, 3 others get 20 years imprisonment for killing British tourist. The High Court of Colombo  has awarded 20...

JERUSALEM: The Israeli military has launched a large-scale ground operation in the Gaza strip after the country’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu instructed it to do...

GAZA CITY: Israel and the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas agreed to observe a five-hour ceasefire in the Gaza strip on Thursday after the UN...

BEIJING, China: At least 18 persons have been killed in southern China due to heavy rains and landslides this week, media reports said on...

KABUL, Afghanistan: An exchange of fire between the security forces and the Taliban militants ended resulting in the death of all the attackers who...

KABUL, Afghanistan: The Afghan election commission on Thursday will start an unprecedented audit of all 8.1 million votes cast in the country’s runoff presidential...

SEOUL, South Korea: The United States and South Korea have launched a five-day joint naval drill.The joint naval exercise, which began simultaneously in the...

GAZA CITY: As a result of Israel’s airstrikes in the Gaza strip, the entire Palestinian population will soon face an acute water crisis, the...

Every day 32,000 persons became refugees due to conflicts in year 201332,000 persons became refugees every day  in year 2013Islamabad, Pakistan: As many as...