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CAIRO/GAZA: Palestinians living in the ruins of Gaza City were bombarded with Israeli leaflets on Tuesday ordering them out, after Israel said it was about to obliterate the area in an assault to wipe...

KATHMANDU: Nepal Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli resigned on Tuesday, his aide said, as anti-corruption demonstrators defied an indefinite curfew and clashed with police, a day after 19 people died in...

 Israel's military on Tuesday ordered Gaza City residents to evacuate ahead of a new offensive to seize the enclave's largest urban centre, part of a planned takeover stirring international...

KABUL/MAZAR DARA, Afghanistan:  Rescue workers battled to pull bodies from the rubble of homes razed in Afghanistan's earthquakes this week, as time runs out for survivors, who face a bleak...

Jury finds Google liable for privacy violations in class actionA federal jury determined on Wednesday that Alphabet's Google must pay $425 million for invading users' privacy by continuing...

  Parts of Delhi and Indian Kashmir were flooded on Thursday after two rivers breached the danger mark following heavy rain in several northern areas, but weather officials forecast some respite from...

  China will impose tariffs of up to 78.2% on certain U.S. optical fibre imports from September 4, the commerce ministry said in a statement a few minutes before midnight on Wednesday, accusing...

BEIJING: When Russian President Vladimir Putin walked shoulder to shoulder with China's President Xi Jinping on Wednesday, a hot mic caught them discussing organ transplants and the possibility...

At least 1,000 people were killed in a landslide that destroyed a village in the mountainous Jebel Marra area in the Darfur region of Sudan, leaving only one survivor, the armed group that controls...

Rescuers in Afghanistan will try to reach isolated villages in the eastern region of Kunar on Tuesday, the epicentre of an earthquake that killed over 800 people and injured more than 2,800,...

NEW DELHI/TOKYO:  Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi heads overseas on Thursday to meet the leaders of China, Japan and Russia, seeking to build closer diplomatic ties as New Delhi battles fallout...

NEW DELHI: U.S. President Donald Trump's additional 25% tariff on Indian imports took effect on Wednesday, raising duties on some shipments to as much as 50% - among the highest imposed by...

SYDNEY:  Australia accused Iran on Tuesday of executing two antisemitic arson attacks in the cities of Sydney and Melbourne and gave Tehran's ambassador seven days to leave the country, its...

TOKYO - The dollar and longer-dated US Treasuries slid on Tuesday after President Donald Trump announced he was firing a Federal Reserve governor, an unprecedented move that further undermines...

 Israeli strikes on Nasser Hospital in Gaza on Monday killed at least 15 people, including three journalists, one of whom worked for Reuters, Palestinian health officials said. ...

CAIRO/JERUSALEM:  Israeli planes and tanks pounded the eastern and northern outskirts of Gaza City overnight Saturday to Sunday, destroying buildings and homes, residents said, as Israeli leaders...

HANOI/BEIJING:  Vietnam plans to evacuate more than half a million people and has ordered boats to stay ashore, while the southern Chinese city of Sanya closed businesses and public transport on...

 Thousands of Australians joined pro-Palestinian rallies on Sunday, organisers said, amid strained relations between Israel and Australia following the centre-left government's decision to...

 LAS VEGAS :When "The Wizard of Oz at Sphere" opens off the Las Vegas Strip on Aug. 28, audiences will experience the 1939 film classic in a way its creators probably never thought possible.Nearly...

Elon Musk was ordered on Wednesday by a federal judge to face a lawsuit by voters accusing the world's richest person of defrauding them into signing a petition to support the U.S. Constitution...