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India’s economy is expected to expand by 6.5% this year, according to IMF forecasts....

There is international concern about the political situation in Senegal after President Macky Sall called off this month’s election citing a row over the eligibility of candidates....

Farmers’ frustration over French and EU regulations are a new dimension in a longstanding problem....

Palestinian gunmen kept up attacks against Israeli forces on Sunday in the Gaza Strip’s two main cities, weeks after they were overrun by troops and tanks, in a sign Hamas still maintains some control ahead of any potential truce....

Oil and gas facilities in Russia have caught fire in recent weeks following suspected drone attacks....

Actor and model is being condemned for the stunt, which has been branded ‘insensitive’ and ‘morally reprehensible’ by her followers and medical professionals...

Want a prime spot to watch 10,000 athletes float by on the Seine or to catch beach volleyball in the shadow of the Eiffel Tower? Get ready for sticker shock....

"We deal with China at this stage only at economic and trade level. They are one of our biggest trading partners, but they have offered to assist our policing and security on the internal security side," Tkachenko said on Monday.

Archaeologists find remains of insects that ‘hitchhiked’ here nearly 2,000 years ago...

In a move set to tighten government control over practicing religion in China’s western Xinjiang Province, the Muslim-majority region will introduce a set of regulations that – among other things – will require all new places of worship to reflect “Chinese characteristics and style.”...

This unprecedented move in Senegal is the first time a direct universal suffrage presidential election has been postponed since 1963.

Its walls collapsed and its minaret cut short, Gaza’s Omari mosque remains standing but vastly diminished. Around it, the historic old city is also in tatters. The 7th-century mosque, also known as the Great Mosque of Gaza, was Gaza’s most famous and its surroundings a focal point of the Palestinian enclave’s history and...

Namibia’s long-time leader Hage Geingob, 82, succumbed to cancer on Sunday morning, leaving Vice President Nangolo Mbumba to lead the country until the end of the year elections.

Senegal’s president, Macky Sall, has announced the indefinite postponement of a presidential election scheduled for 25 February a few hours before official campaigning was due to start, provoking anger from opposition figures and a ministerial resignation....

A demonstration by wives of soldiers fighting in Ukraine was disrupted by the police on Saturday, who arrested at least 20 journalists who were covering the event in Moscow’s Red Square.

A member of the European Parliament has been accused of spying for Russia for over a decade—and her case could open a Pandora’s box of illicit secrets....

More than two dozen people, mostly journalists, were detained Saturday at a protest in central Moscow, as wives and other relatives of Russian servicemen mobilized to fight in Ukraine called for their return, according to independent Russian news reports....

The number of dengue fever cases in Brazil since January 1 is four times higher than the same period last year, government data showed Saturday, ahead of the launch of a vaccination campaign....

Andrzej Duda sparked row after saying he was unsure if Kyiv could regain control of Russian-occupied Crimea...

Nepal has introduced measures ranging from regulatory changes to ‘rainbow tourism’ guidelines as it targets the multi-billion-dollar LGBTQ market...