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Lahore: Pakistani helicopter gunships on Monday pounded the island hideout of an armed gang that has been holding 24 hostages on a 10-km (six-mile) long...

New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) will soon seek an Interpol arrest warrant against business tycoon Vijay Mallya, based on a non-bailable warrant...

Washington: US Secretary of State John Kerry will meet with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in New York on Tuesday to discuss implementation...

Baghdad/Arbil: The United States will send more troops to Iraq, potentially putting them closer to the frontlines to advise Iraqi forces in the war against...

Brasilia: Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff's government vowed on Monday to fight impeachment after the lower house of Congress delivered a humiliating...

Beirut/Geneva: The mainstream Syrian opposition asked the United Nations to halt peace talks on Monday and rebel groups launched a new offensive against...

Luxembourg: France, Italy and Spain urged their European partners on Monday to move the EU's Mediterranean naval mission into Libyan waters, if...

Bahir Dar (Ethiopia): Plans for a new African counter-terrorism force to support vulnerable UN peacekeepers in Mali, where militant groups are stepping up...

New Delhi: An anti-cyclone in the Bay of Bengal, coupled with high temperatures in central India, is leading to a heatwave in eastern parts of the country...

Mexico City: Mexico's army is withholding key evidence from international investigators in the case of 43 trainee teachers abducted and apparently...