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A boat packed with labourers and their children caught fire and capsized in a river in northeastern Bangladesh leaving at…

A jihadist group behind a wave of spectacular attacks poses a serious threat to Egypt's stability as political turmoil triggered…

Afghanistan's presidential candidates held rallies in Kabul on Sunday at the start of a campaign to elect Hamid Karzai's successor,…

Anti-government protesters blocked voting Sunday in dozens of constituencies in a Thai election that was overshadowed by pre-poll bloodshed, an…

US Secretary of State John Kerry held a rare meeting with his Iranian counterpart Sunday to discuss the next steps…

Syria's government has razed thousands of homes as "collective punishment" of communities that back the opposition in the capital Damascus…

Conflict in Central African Republic and South Sudan dominated the agenda as Africa's leaders gathered in Ethiopia Thursday for a…

Home Secretary Theresa May wants to strip naturalised terror suspects of their British citizenship in a last-minute amendment to an…

The United States hit out at the Egyptian government Wednesday for charges brought against journalists, slamming prosecutors for "an egregious…

South African police said Wednesday they had shot dead two protestors in a northern village during a seige a day…