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Tripoli: The United Nations is committed to helping Libya organise elections by the end of this year, encouraged by the rate at which Libyans have been...

Ankara: Turkey called on Russia and Iran on Wednesday to pressure Syrian authorities to halt a military offensive in Syria's rebel-held Idlib province,...

Jakarta: Senior government and business officials on Wednesday urged Indonesia's fisheries minister to stop blowing up foreign boats caught fishing...

Prague: Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis, battling allegations he illegally tapped European Union subsidies a decade ago, looked certain to lose a...

Beijing/Seoul: Rescue crews were forced to retreat from a stricken Iranian oil tanker in the East China Sea on Wednesday following an explosion on the ship...

East London (South Africa): The removal of South African President Jacob Zuma as head of state will not be discussed at an African National Congress meeting...

Ankara: Turkey has completed more than half of a 144 km (90 mile) wall on its border with Iran and will finish it next spring, the firm building the barrier...

Madrid: The two main pro-independence parties in the Spanish region of Catalonia have agreed to back former leader Carles Puigdemont as candidate for...

Los Angeles: California rescuers worked through the night plucking stranded Santa Barbara residents from mudslides that have killed at least 15 people and...

Islamabad: A Pakistani journalist, known for criticising his country's military establishment, said on Wednesday he had narrowly escaped being kidnapped...