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Washington: Thirteen retired US generals and senior diplomats urged President Barack Obama on Friday to maintain the current US troop level in Afghanistan,...

Singapore: The United States stepped up pressure on China on Saturday to rein in its actions in the South China Sea, with top defence officials underlining...

Herat: Unfazed by terror attacks on its missions and barriers of politics and geography, India will continue to extend cooperation in war-torn Afghanistan,...

Taiwan: Taiwan is determined to build a local defence industry, the island's new president, Tsai Ing-wen, said on Saturday as she toured a naval base...

Berlin: At least 51 people were injured by lightning strikes at the "Rock am Ring" music festival in western Germany on Friday evening, according...

Amman: The Syrian army has crossed the boundary of Raqqa province after advancing in a major Russian-backed offensive against IS militants, the Syrian...

Moscow: A Frenchman reported to be carrying weapons and explosives for a planned attack in France was arrested on the Ukrainian-Polish border in late May,...

New Delhi: Union Ministers Piyush Goyal and Suresh Prabhu, senior Congress leaders P. Chidambaram, Janata Dal(United) leader Sharad Yadav and all six...

Beirut: The Syrian army backed by Russian air strikes has opened a major new front against IS, the third big assault on the self-proclaimed caliphate this...

Tripoli: Libya is uniting its various armed factions and will be able to eradicate IS militants on its territory with its own forces, the head of the...