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The World Bank chose Korean-American physician Jim Yong Kim as its next chief Monday in a decision that surprised few ...

The Pentagon said Monday a major attack on Afghan government buildings, military bases and foreign embassies was ...

US President Barack Obama said he expected a "rigorous" investigation into a sex scandal involving Secret Service ...

The United States was under growing pressure here Sunday to let Cuba attend future regional summits as Latin American ...

Three children were among four people killed on Sunday in Yemen`s restive east and south by suspected Al-Qaeda ...

British Prime Minister David Cameron met Myanmar's president Friday on the first visit in decades by a Western leader ...

A senior US diplomat will travel to Japan, South Korea, India and Singapore next week, the State Department said, as ...

-     In a clear sign of its increasing influence on the global financial stage, India has today ...

Among smokers, people who prefer mentholated cigarettes tend to have more strokes than non-menthol smokers - and this ...

Russia called for more time on Thursday for international envoy Kofi Annan`s Syrian peace plan to work, as a ceasefire ...

-    - AICTE adopts cloud to improve technical education and prepare students for the workforce of ...

-                -- Asia, Oceania region ...

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Monday offered advice for Myanmar`s democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi as she ...

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Tuesday urged nuclear-armed North Korea not to go ahead with its planned ...

-     - Enables high throughput networking for government agencies and SMEs at affordable ...