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New Delhi: A thick cloud of toxic smog 10 times the recommended limit enveloped India's capital, New Delhi, on Monday, as government officials struggled...

Dublin: Irish musician and anti-poverty activist Bob Geldof will return his 'Freedom of the City of Dublin' award to his home town on Monday, saying...

Brussels: France and Germany edged towards achieving a 70-year-old ambition to integrate European defences on Monday, signing a pact with 21 other EU...

Seoul: A North Korean soldier defected to the South on Monday after being shot and wounded by the North Korean military, South Korea said. The soldier was...

Manila: Leaders of Asian nations meeting in Manila on Monday skirted around the mass exodus of Rohingya Muslims triggered by Myanmar's military...

Yangon: Myanmar's army has replaced the general in charge of Rakhine state following a military crackdown that has driven more than 600,000 Rohingya...

Jakarta: Indonesian officials and fishermen on Monday were trying to save a pod of 12 huge sperm whales that washed up on a beach at the northern tip of...

Brussels: European Union foreign ministers approved economic sanctions including an arms embargo on Venezuela on Monday, saying regional elections last...

Madrid: More than half of Spanish voters favour an early national election, a survey showed on Monday, as support waned for a minority government embroiled...

Rome: National elections are looming and Italy's left seems bent on engineering its own defeat as Democratic Party (PD) leader Matteo Renzi continues to...