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Kyiv: The Russian army overran three settlements in the southern Zaporizhzhia region of Ukraine, Kyiv’s top military commander said Wednesday, as...

Washington: The House of Representatives will try to end the longest government shutdown in US history on Wednesday, with a vote on a stopgap funding...

New York: US President Donald Trump appeared to defend the H-1B visa programme, saying America has to bring in talent from around the world as it does...

Islamabad: A suicide bomber on Tuesday detonated his explosives near a police vehicle outside a court in Pakistan’s capital, killing at least 12...

Toronto: Top diplomats from the Group of Seven industrialised democracies are converging on southern Ontario as tensions rise between the US and...

Cairo: The UN migration agency warned on Tuesday that humanitarian efforts in Sudan’s war-torn North Darfur region might come to a complete halt...

Washington: The Senate passed legislation Monday to reopen the government, bringing the longest shutdown in history closer to an end as a small group...

Baghdad: Iraqis headed to the polls on Tuesday to vote in a parliamentary election marked by tight security and a boycott by a major political bloc. ...

Taipei: Taiwan evacuated more than 3,000 people from vulnerable areas and closed schools and offices on Tuesday ahead of the arrival of tropical storm...

Tokyo: Japan was involved in a war of words with China on Monday after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said a Chinese attack on Taiwan could constitute...

Ankara: Istanbul’s chief public prosecutor filed a sweeping indictment against the city’s jailed mayor, Ekrem Imamoglu, holding him responsible for...

Conakry (Guinea): When Oumar Bella Diallo boarded a plane home to the West African nation of Guinea in July, the weary 24-year-old thought his...