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Washington: US President Barack Obama on Tuesday urged Congress to take action to stop US companies from taking advantage of tax loopholes that allow them...

Paris: France hopes to reopen its embassy in Tripoli as a sign of support for Libya's new unity government, Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said on...

Cape Town: South African President Jacob Zuma on Tuesday survived an impeachment vote in parliament launched after the constitutional court ruled he had...

Brasilia: A Brazilian Federal Supreme Court justice on Tuesday ordered Congress to start impeachment proceedings against Vice President Michel Temer, in a...

Cairo: Saudi businessmen are investing $4 billion in projects including the Suez Canal, energy and agriculture, and have already deposited 10 per cent of...

Rome: Italy threatened on Tuesday to impose "immediate and proportionate" measures against Egypt if Cairo did not cooperate fully in uncovering...

Amman: Syrian rebel forces closed in on a town near the Turkish border held by IS militants on Tuesday after seizing numerous villages from the group in the...

Amman/Beirut: Rebels shot down a second Syrian warplane in less than a month on Tuesday and reportedly captured its pilot in an area near Aleppo where heavy...

London/Reykjavik: Iceland's Prime Minister Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson is to step down after leaked documents from a Panamanian law firm showed his...

Baku/Yerevan: Azerbaijan and its breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh said they had halted hostilities on Tuesday after four days of intense fighting that...