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Ukraine’s President-elect Petro Poroshenko (left) walks past Russian President Vladimir Putin during the commemoration of the 70th anniversary of D-Day in …

KIEV (AFP) ― Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko gets down to work Sunday, after vowing at his inauguration to avert civil war and mend ties with Russia as …

TEHRAN (AFP) ― Iran will this week hold official direct talks with the United States for the first time in decades, in an unprecedented step toward ending …

BEIJING (AP) ― Around 20 attorneys gathered Saturday in a central Chinese city to demand access to several activists detained ahead of the politically …

CAIRO (AP) ― Egypt’s former army chief Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi was sworn in on Sunday as president for a four-year term, taking the reins of power in a …

MUMBAI, India (AFP) ― India’s military, one of the world’s largest arms importers, aims to speed up defense procurement in the interests of “national …

KABUL (AP) ― More than 80 bodies have been found two days after a devastating flash flood in Afghanistan’s mountainous and remote north, a provincial …

BENOUVILLE, France (AP) ―U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke Friday on the sidelines of a lunch for world leaders …

Rescuers scrambled Sunday to deliver food and medical supplies to Afghan families marooned on mountaintops after flash floods killed 80 people in a remote …

A car bomb attack followed quickly by a suicide blast Sunday killed 17 people at a Kurdish political party’s office north of Baghdad, as nine died in …