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Porto Alegre (Brazil): The first of three appeals court judges voted Wednesday to uphold a corruption conviction against former President Luiz Inacio Lula...

Caracas: Venezuela's presidential election race has begun with favourite and incumbent Nicolas Maduro signaling a nationalist, "anti-Trump"...

New Delhi/Mumbai: Right-wing Hindu groups in India stepped up protests on Wednesday against the release of a controversial Bollywood film, as several states...

Benghazi (Libya): The toll from a twin car bombing at a mosque in Libya's eastern city of Benghazi rose to 35 on Wednesday, medical officials said, one...

Occupied Ramallah: Palestinian cellular providers launched high-speed data services in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, narrowing a technological gap...

Jalalabad (Afghanistan): Gunmen stormed an office of the Save the Children aid agency in Afghanistan's eastern city of Jalalabad on Wednesday and...

Kabul: Afghan airline Kam Air is struggling to resume operations after nine staff members were killed in a Taliban attack on a Kabul hotel at the weekend, a...

Hanoi: Vietnam has jailed four men for flying the flag of the US-backed Republic of Vietnam, the former state that spanned the southern half of the country...

Cairo: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi officially launched his bid for a second term in office on Wednesday, submitting documents to register as a...

Mogadishu: As an undercover operative for Somalia's Al Shabaab militia, Nasteh spied on the insurgent group's senior commanders to ensure their...