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Tunis: Thousands of Tunisian lawyers went on strike on Friday to protest at new taxes and tighter fiscal controls on their profession, extending a series of...

Caracas: Venezuelan opposition leaders said on Friday they were banned from leaving Venezuela, adding to outrage over the suspension of their drive for a...

London: France's Alain Juppe will move the border with Britain from Calais to southern England if he wins power next year, setting up a potential battle...

Pretoria: South Africa said on Friday it was quitting the International Criminal Court (ICC) because membership conflicted with diplomatic immunity laws,...

Kinshasa: Congolese state security services shot, burned, beat and hacked to death at least 48 civilians and reportedly hired thugs to attack protests last...

Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak courted voters with perks and subsidies on Friday but was greeted by angry protests from opposition...

Benguet (Philippines)/Hong Kong: Typhoon Haima, the strongest storm to hit the Philippines in three years, killed at least 12 people and inundated vast...

Tokyo: An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.6 shook western Japan on Friday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said, adding that a tsunami warning...

Tokyo: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe plans private personal meetings with Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte in Tokyo next week, three sources said,...

Manila: The Philippines will maintain trade and economic ties with the United States and the West, Trade Minister Ramon Lopez said on Friday, a day after...