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Thousands of trade union workers across India protested on Wednesday against the governmentβs rollout of new labour codes, saying they would lead to corporate exploitation and erode their hard-won r...
Anti-corruption authorities in Bangladesh have seized approximately 10 kilogrammes of gold, worth around $1.3 million, from bank lockers belonging to ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, officials sai...
Spinner Simon Harmer took six wickets as South Africa thrashed India by 408 runs in the second Test on Wednesday to sweep the series and condemn the hosts to a record loss.
It was South Africaβs fir...
A resident of Washington state has died after contracting a rare strain of bird flu previously only reported in animals, state health officials said the second human fatality linked to the virus in tοΏ½...
Diplomats and premium visa-holders in Saudi Arabia told AFP that the conservative kingdom has quietly eased restrictions on purchasing alcohol for select foreign residents.
While the government has no...
Ten people died on Tuesday after a suspected shooter opened fire in a school in the southeastern Austrian city of Graz, the local mayor was quoted as saying.
Several students and at least one adult, ...
Russia carried out βmassiveβ drone attacks on Ukraineβs capital Kyiv and port city of Odesa early on Tuesday, killing one person and hitting a maternity hospital, Ukrainian officials said, calli...
JERUSALEM: Israeli left-wing opposition leader Yair Golan called on Monday for an immediate end to the Gaza war and said that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahuβs government no longer represented mos...
Russia fired a record 479 drones at Ukraine in an overnight aerial barrage, Kyivβs air force said on Monday, the latest massive attack as Moscow rejects calls for a ceasefire.
The attack caused dama...
Iran said on Monday it will soon present a counter-proposal on a nuclear deal with the United States, after it had described Washingtonβs offer as containing βambiguitiesβ.
Tehran and Washington...
