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Nawaz Sharif, for the first time, publicly acknowledged in an interview that militant organisations are active in Pakistan and questioned the policy to allow the "non-state actors" to cross the border and "kill" people in Mumbai.

The official with the Indian pharmaceutical company said it is surprising to see the reports from the Indian media that the move to reduce tariffs will pave the way for exports of Indian pharmaceutical firms.

Iraqis expressed pride at the prospect of voting for the fourth time since the fall of dictator Saddam Hussein, but also said they had scant hope that the election would stabilise a country beset by conflicts, economic hardship and corruption.

The visa queue increased for individuals in particular those from India and China awaiting employment-based LPR status, policymakers and others raised concerns about the lack of employment authorisation for spouses hindering the US' ability to attract and...

The Pakistani authorities are planning to enforce restrictions on American diplomats posted in Islamabad, Lahore, and Karachi.

A buoy recorded the wave on Tuesday during a ferocious storm in the notoriously wild Southern Ocean near Campbell Island, some 430 miles south of New Zealand, research body MetOcean Solutions said.

Bains told the Canada's French-language newspaper La Presse that "the experience made me uncomfortable," describing the agents as "very insistent and very difficult."

The American detainees were freed while Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was on a visit to the North Korean capital Pyongyang to finalise the details of President Donald Trump's planned summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.

The 89-year old, known affectionately in the financial hub as Superman for his business acumen, stepped down as chairman of his flagship company CK Hutchison.

The election of Pashinyan, a former newspaper editor who spent time in prison for fomenting unrest, marks a dramatic rupture with the cadre of rulers who have run Armenia since the late 1990s.

The White House on Saturday condemned China's efforts to control how U.S. airlines refer to Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau, saying the push to make them comply with Chinese standards is "Orwellian nonsense."

The Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) is a 57-member grouping of Muslim majority nations.

Somerville students voted in January to replace "male" and "female" signs with the words "gender-neutral toilets with cubicles". The lavatories in question no longer feature urinals but have cubicles with male and female symbols, according to The Sunday T...

"If you think that he is not our Tsar, take to the streets of your cities," read a message from opposition leader Alexei Navalny encouraging people to demonstrate ahead of the protests.

Some 700,000 Rohingya Muslims fled Buddhist-majority Myanmar to Bangladesh after the military launched a brutal crackdown on insurgents in August that the US and the UN have called ethnic cleansing.

Changi is exploring how facial recognition can be implemented in its three older terminals for automated bag drop and immigration.