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South Africa's sports minister Fikile Mbalula said on Tuesday that host city Durban may not be able to hold the...

India's top court Tuesday denied a plea by a pregnant woman to terminate her 26-week old foetus diagnosed with Down's...

An Israeli state inquiry accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and top army brass Tuesday of being unprepared for the strategic...

A year after jihadist attacks killed 33 people, Burkina Faso's capital is kicking up its heels on the back of...

A senior Palestinian official has been denied entry to Egypt, prompting a Palestinian delegation to withdraw in protest from a...

The US Commerce Department on Tuesday confirmed a picture of sluggish growth in 2016, with the world's largest economy growing...

Holder Stan Wawrinka was sensationally dumped out of the Dubai Tennis Championships on Tuesday as his form collapsed following an...

UN aid chief Stephen O'Brien on Tuesday cancelled a visit to Yemen's third city Taez when shelling and a rebel...

Somali's newly elected President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed on Tuesday declared a "national disaster" due to severe drought which aid agencies...

India's economic growth rate fell to seven percent in the third quarter of the financial year after the controversial ban...

Rallies were held in India's capital Tuesday in support of a student who received rape threats over her controversial remarks...

Thai army and Muslim rebel peace negotiators agreed Tuesday to create a "safety zone" in Thailand's insurgency-hit south, a small...

Palestinian local elections scheduled for May will take place in the West Bank only and not in Gaza, the government...

Guinean President Alpha Conde has sacked three ministers, including his education minister, in a reshuffle after a long strike by...

Hundreds of protesters rallied in Taiwan on Tuesday to mark the 70th anniversary of a massacre by nationalist Chinese troops,...

The Tunisian police response to the 2015 Sousse beach resort massacre was "at best shambolic, at worst cowardly", the judge...

Match referee Chris Broad has rated the Pune track as poor after the first Test between India and Australia ended...

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said Tuesday he would recall police to fight his drug war, a month after he withdrew...

Lexi Thompson praised US President Donald Trump's golfing prowess Tuesday after a recent round with the American leader, but said...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared on the defensive ahead of a report Tuesday expected to criticise him and military...