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Afghan universities reopened on Monday after a winter break, but only men returned to class with a “heartbreaking” ban by the Taliban authorities on women…

South Korea announced plans on Monday to compensate victims of Japan’s forced wartime labour, aiming to end a “vicious cycle” in the Asian powers’ relations…

A massive fire raced through a crammed refugee camp for Rohingya in southern Bangladesh on Sunday, leaving thousands homeless, a fire official and the United…

The M23 rebels have agreed to cease hostilities next week after recent fighting displaced thousands of residents in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, authorities…

The massive earthquakes and aftershocks in February has caused an estimated $5.1 billion in direct physical damage in Syria, said the World Bank. “The current…

Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko have called for a ceasefire and negotiations to bring about a political settlement to the…

President Tayyip Erdogan indicated on Wednesday that elections will be held on May 14, sticking to his previous plan for the vote with a date…

Two trains collided head-on in Greece killing at least 29 people and injuring 85 late on Tuesday night, the fire brigade said, but the cause of…

Syria faces a double disaster as the areas hardest hit by this month’s earthquake had already been destroyed in 12 years of unrelenting conflict, warned…

A 5.6 magnitude earthquake hit eastern Turkiye on Monday, killing one person and wounding dozens others while causing some damaged buildings to collapse, the government’s…