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Paris/Strasbourg: Russian President Vladimir Putin has cancelled a visit to Paris next week after President Francois Hollande said he would see him only for...

RABAT: Morocco's King Mohammed on Monday named moderate extremist leader Abdelilah Benkirane as prime minister for a second term after his party won the...

CAROLINA BEACH (N.C): Floodwaters left hundreds of people stranded in their homes and on rooftops in North Carolina early on Monday, and officials warned...

Lashkar Gah (Afghanistan): A suspected car bomb on Monday killed at least 10 police amid increased Taliban attacks on the besieged capital of the...

SVALBARD (Norway): A surge in Arctic tourism is bringing ever bigger cruise ships to the formerly isolated, ice-bound region, prompting calls for a...

STOCKHOLM: British-born Oliver Hart and Finland's Bengt Holmstrom won the Nobel Economics Prize on Monday for work that addresses a host of questions...

Tripoli: Libyan pro-government forces are advancing into the last area controlled by IS in the coastal city of Sirte, surrounding the militants after a...

Juba: Rebels attacked trucks carrying civilians in South Sudan, killing 21 people, the government said, as violence between rival forces loyal to President...

Moscow: Russia will create a permanent naval base in Syria to expand its military footprint in its closest Middle East ally, a government official said on...

Chennai: With Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa continuing to receive treatment, a stream of high-profile visitors, including Kerala Governor P...