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Oslo: Aluminium producer Norsk Hydro denied on Monday its Alunorte alumina refinery in Brazil had contaminated local waters, contradicting the findings of a...

New Delhi: At least 17 children were killed when a school bus plunged off a mountain road in the northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh on Monday, two...

Amman: Syria and its main ally Russia blamed Israel for carrying out an attack on a Syrian air base near Homs on Monday which followed reports of a poison...

Budapest: Hungary's ruling Fidesz party signalled on Monday it could push on quickly with legislation to crack down on organisations promoting migrant...

Moscow: Russia's rouble experienced its biggest one-day fall for over two years on Monday and stocks in major Russian companies also slid, as investors...

Karachi: Pakistan launched a nationwide polio vaccination drive on Monday to try to reach 38.7 million children and eradicate the paralysing and potentially...

Baku: Azerbaijan's long-serving Ilham Aliyev is expected to easily win re-election for seven more years on Wednesday in a vote boycotted by major...

London: Donald Trump will regret it if he pulls out of the nuclear deal with Iran, President Hassan Rouhani said on Monday, warning the US president that...

Notre-Dame-Des-Landes (France): French police fired teargas and stun grenades and were pelted with stones during a dawn swoop to clear eco-activists and...

Jakarta: An Indonesian court on Monday jailed the mastermind behind last year's IS-linked suicide bombings at a Jakarta bus terminal for nine...