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Bagram Airfield(Afghanistan): Once seen as relatively secure, the sprawling Afghan capital of Kabul is becoming the main focus of an intensified US-backed...

Beirut: Water to Syria's Afrin town has been cut for a week, the United Nations said on Wednesday, after Turkish troops seized the main dam and water...

Nairobi: Djibouti's container port will remain in state hands as the government seeks investment, a senior official said on Wednesday in comments likely...

Berlin: German lawmakers voted on Wednesday to re-elect Angela Merkel as chancellor for a fourth, and likely final, term that may prove her most challenging...

Washington/Paris/Brussels: It is unclear how Mike Pompeo becoming US secretary of state may affect the Iran nuclear deal given that there is only one voice...

Vatican City: Finland is the world's happiest country, according to an annual survey issued on Wednesday that found Americans were getting less happy...

Tokushima (Japan): A gaunt, 92-year-old man in a wheelchair sunbathes in a narrow courtyard, motionless, his eyes closed. Nearby, a few dozen other elderly...

Tokyo: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Wednesday remained steadfast that he and his wife were not involved in a discount land-sale deal that has seen...

Beijing: China and the European Union believe the Taliban should seize Afghan President Ashraf Ghani's offer to recognise the movement as a legitimate...

Phnom Penh: A UN human rights envoy urged Cambodia on Wednesday to drop a ban on the country's main opposition party so it can take part in a July...