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Berlin: German companies managed to attract more apprentices to on-the-job training schemes last year due to a surge in applications from asylum seekers...

Valleta: The Mediterranean rescue ship Aquarius arrived at Valletta harbour in Malta on Wednesday to allow 141 migrants to get off, ending a five-day...

Kuala Lumpur: Malaysians have given Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad a 71 per cent approval rating, but concern about ethnic and religious issues has risen...

Amsterdam: A problem with air traffic control systems at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport temporarily prevented flights from leaving or arriving, the...

Kochi: The death toll from the worst floods in nearly a century in the Indian tourist state of Kerala rose to 43 on Wednesday as rising water stranded tens...

Muscat: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has set up an account to collect funds for relief efforts as the South Indian state reels from heavy flooding...

Genoa: Rescue workers combed through the rubble of Italy's bridge collapse on Wednesday as the death toll climbed to 37 and the government blamed the...

New Delhi: India will launch its first manned space mission by 2022 and roll out a health insurance scheme from September, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said...

Muscat: The Cochin International Airport in Kerala has suspended operations temporarily after the airport was inundated with water due to heavy rains and...

Baghdad: At least two people were killed and six wounded when a bomb went off at a crowded market in Baghdad on Tuesday, police said. There was no immediate...