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Peshawar: A delegation from the Taliban visited China earlier this month to discuss the situation in Afghanistan, where the insurgent movement is fighting...

United Nations: The United Nations Security Council extended a peacekeeping mission in South Sudan on Friday until August 12 as the United States warned...

Washington: The United States said on Friday it would allow foreign airlines to fly US-made aircraft to Iran, providing greater assurance to aviation...

Benghazi (Libya): Libya's UN-backed government has signed a deal with an armed brigade controlling the major Ras Lanuf and Es Sider oil ports to end a...

New Delhi: Indian national Gurdip Singh, who was to be executed last night on drug charges in Indonesia, has not been put to death, External Affairs...

Istanbul: Turkey's army killed 35 Kurdish militants after they attempted to storm a base in the southeastern Hakkari province early on Saturday,...

Calfironia: The property toll claimed by a deadly blaze near California's Big Sur coast has grown as the fire threatened hundreds of more homes and...

Sao Paulo: Brazil's former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and the former CEO of investment bank Grupo BTG Pactual SA will stand trial for...

Beijing: Chinese relatives of those on board Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, which went missing two years ago on a flight to Beijing, made an emotional plea...

Washington: The Afghan government lost control or influence of nearly 5 per cent of its territory between January and May, the U.S government's top...