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NEW DELHI: Go Airlines on Monday called on India's company law tribunal to urgently grant its request for bankruptcy protection, as the aviation regulator stepped up pressure on the carrier to stop...

LONDON: From tins of caviar to a celebration beer, businesses are seeking to entice royal fans with a slew of products marking the coronation of Britain's new monarch.Mugs, plates, tea towels,...

KHARTOUM: The United States and African nations were racing to secure an extension of a ceasefire in Sudan on Thursday, with the Sudanese army saying it had given an initial nod to an African proposal...

TBILISI: In the mountainous Caucasus nation of Georgia, dumpling-eating is a serious affair. "I'm not Georgian, but the first rule I learnt when I came to Georgia was how to eat khinkali," says Sergei...

RIYADH: Saudi and Omani delegations held talks with Ansar Allah officials in Yemen's capital Sanaa on Sunday, Ansar-run media said, as Riyadh seeks a permanent ceasefire to end its military...

Reuters - Saudi and Omani delegations have arrived in the Yemeni capital Sanaa to hold talks with the head of Yemen's Houthi Supreme Political Council.Quoting a source in the Houthi presidential...

VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis, appearing fully recovered from a bout of bronchitis, on Thursday began an intense four days leading to Easter urging priests to avoid fomenting division in the Church and...

French President Emmanuel Macron urged China's Xi Jinping on Thursday to reason with close ally Russia and help end the Ukraine war, while Xi responded by saying he hoped the two sides could hold...

A Israeli police raid on Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque on Wednesday has triggered a furious reaction from Palestinians across the occupied West Bank and the wider Arab and Muslim world.WHERE AND WHAT IS...

GUWAHATI, India: An avalanche in India's northeastern state of Sikkim on Tuesday killed at least seven people, with several more people feared trapped, the Indian army said.The army said five to six...

ROME: Pope Francis's health is improving after he was hospitalised with a respiratory infection, and treatment is continuing, Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said in a statement on Thursday. "His...

Elon Musk and a group of artificial intelligence experts and industry executives are calling for a six-month pause in developing systems more powerful than OpenAI's newly launched GPT-4, in an open...

LAHORE, Pakistan: A Pakistan court ordered police on Wednesday to suspend an operation to arrest former Prime Minister Imran Khan, bringing a halt to pitched battles in which police baton-charged...

Ukraine: Russia launched a huge wave of missile strikes across Ukraine while people slept on Thursday, killing at least six civilians, knocking out electricity and forcing a nuclear power plant off...

DUBAI: Iran's supreme leader said on Monday that poisoning schoolgirls is an "unforgivable" crime which should be punished by death if deliberate, state TV reported, amid public anger over a wave of...

NEW DELHI: Most members from the Group of 20 nations (G20) strongly condemned the war in Ukraine on Thursday, with only Russia and China disagreeing, current president India said after a meeting of...

As Russia trims its supply and China ramps up consumption, the oil market will tip into a deficit, lifting prices above $90 a barrel towards the second half of 2023, a Reuters poll showed on Tuesday.A...

ISTANBUL: An earthquake shook southeast Turkey on Monday, killing one person, injuring 69 and causing some buildings to collapse, Turkish authorities said.It hit three weeks after a massive quake that...

ANTAKYA: Turkey will widen an investigation into building contractors suspected of violating safety standards following its devastating earthquake, the interior minister said, as the country stepped...

NABLUS, West Bank: Israeli troops killed six Palestinians, including at least two gunmen and three civilians, and wounded around 70 others during a raid on a flashpoint city in the occupied West Bank...