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Islamabad: Pakistan's ruling party gained control of parliament's upper house in a secret ballot on Saturday, local media said, in a boost for the...

Cairo: Egypt's top court on Saturday dismissed all outstanding legal challenges to a deal transferring two Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia, a day before...

Mumbai/New Delhi: An official of India's Punjab National Bank received gold and diamond jewellery from a billionaire jeweller accused of being involved...

Ouagadougou: Burkina Faso Prime Minister Paul Kaba Thieba on Saturday toured the army headquarters and French embassy in the capital Ouagadougou, a day...

Dubai: Iran will not negotiate over its ballistic missiles until the United States and Europe dismantle their nuclear weapons, a top Iranian military...

Addis Ababa: Ethiopia's parliament ratified on Friday a state of emergency imposed after the prime minister announced his resignation, though votes...

Baghdad: Iraq's parliament approved a long-delayed budget on Saturday, the first since declaring victory over IS militant group after three years of...

Beirut: Turkish warplanes struck pro-Syrian government forces in the northwestern Afrin region of Syria on Saturday, killing at least 36 of them, as...

New Delhi: India's ruling Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) on Saturday consolidated its position in the country's northeast after a landslide election...

Seoul: North Korea threatened on Saturday to "counter the US" if the United States holds joint military exercises with South Korea, and said it...