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TOKYO: Russia appears to have snubbed a Japanese attempt at puppy-love diplomacy by declining a gift of a dog for President Vladimir Putin at a summit next...

PARIS: The French government will propose extending the country's state of emergency until July 15, 2017 due to presidential and parliament elections in...

KABUL: Extremist cleric Mullah Haibatullah Akundzada has reinforced his position as the new leader of the Afghan Taliban by winning the support of two...

Banjul: Gambia's President-elect Adama Barrow said on Saturday the country's outgoing leader Yahya Jammeh had no authority to reject the results of...

Aleppo, Syria/Beirut: Syrian's military and Russian warplanes bombarded rebel-held districts of Aleppo on Saturday as Damascus's allies said victory...

Baghdad/Geneva: The Iraqi army said it took full control of two more districts of east Mosul on Saturday, pushing back IS militants in a slow and...

Washington: The CIA has concluded that Russia intervened in the 2016 election to help President-elect Donald Trump win the White House, and not just to...

Oslo: Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said an accord to end a 52-year civil war with Marxist rebels was a "ray of hope" for solving...

Bengaluru: In a startling catch, the Income Tax department on Saturday seized Rs57 million cash in new notes, 32kg of gold biscuits and jewellery and Rs9...

London: Rupert Murdoch's new takeover approach for British pay-TV firm Sky should be investigated by the UK's competition authorities, according to...