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Torrential rains and floods triggered by Cyclone Ditwah have killed 123 people across Sri Lanka so far, with another 130 still missing, the Disaster Management Centre said Saturday. Director General...

Washington - Donald Trump said Thursday he would suspend migration from what the US leader called "third-world countries", a day after an Afghan national allegedly shot two National Guard soldiers in...

Spinner Simon Harmer took six wickets as South Africa thrashed India by 408 runs in the second Test on Wednesday, condemning the hosts to a record loss and sweeping the series.It was South...

Jerusalem: The Israeli military said the Red Cross had received on Tuesday the remains of a hostage held in Gaza, under the terms of the US-brokered ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas."According...

United Nations - Every 10 minutes last year, a woman somewhere in the world was killed by a person close to her, the United Nations said Monday as it decried a lack of progress in the battle against...

Hanoi:  The death toll from major flooding in Vietnam has risen to 90, with 12 people still missing, the environment ministry said Sunday, after days of heavy rain and landslides.Relentless rain has...

Tokyo - Japanese local authorities approved the restart of the world's largest nuclear plant on Friday, a key step in the process to bring it back online after the 2011 Fukushima disaster.Hideyo...

Riyadh - A bus carrying over 40 Indian Umrah pilgrims, including children, collided with a diesel tanker near Medina in Saudi Arabia.The Indian embassy in Saudi Arabia on Monday said a "tragic" bus...

US flights will return to normal schedules on Monday after reductions imposed during a government shutdown were lifted, the Federal Aviation Administration said.The FAA said Sunday evening that...

Turkey wants to host next year's UN climate change talks and is ready to organise the event alone if there is no agreement on sharing the event, a Turkish diplomatic source told AFP...

Nairobi - Ethiopia has confirmed an outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus in the south of the country, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said on Saturday. The Marburg...

Ethiopia has confirmed an outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus in the south of the country, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said on Saturday.The Marburg virus is one...

United States - The UN Security Council will vote Monday on a resolution endorsing US President Donald Trump's Gaza peace plan, diplomats said.Last week, the Americans officially launched...

Hong Kong - Markets sank Friday, tracking a selloff on Wall Street as doubts built over next month's Federal Reserve interest rate decision and persistent speculation about a tech bubble.With the...

New Delhi: India has unveiled a $5 billion plan to boost export competitiveness as it reels under punishing US tariffs.Washington has tied issues of war and peace to trade, slapping 50 percent duties...

 The Philippines' president vowed on Thursday that those behind bogus flood control projects will be arrested before Christmas, days after deadly back-to-back typhoons left swathes of the...

Paris - It has become nearly impossible for people to tell the difference between music generated by artificial intelligence and that created by humans, according to a survey released Wednesday.The...

LONDON - Global oil and gas demand could grow until 2050, the International Energy Agency said on Wednesday, departing from its previous expectations of a speedy transition to cleaner fuels and...

Afghanistan's Taliban government said Saturday the latest round of peace talks with Pakistan had failed, blaming Islamabad's "irresponsible and uncooperative" approach and stoking fears of...

Rescue work was suspended and preemptive evacuations began Saturday as Typhoon Fung-wong bore down on the Philippines, days after another storm killed at least 204 people.Fung-wong, expected to be a...