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By Andrew Mills DOHA (Reuters) - A British couple who were detained by the Taliban in Afghanistan in February have been released and flown to Doha following Qatari mediation, an official with knowledg...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Three people in Australia have died after a technical failure at Optus, the country's second-largest telecommunications provider, disrupted emergency call services. CEO Stephen Rue ...

GENEVA (Reuters) - There has been a significant rise in civilian killings in Sudan in the first half of this year amid growing ethnic violence, the UN human rights office said on Friday. "Every day we...

By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Nepal's interim Prime Minister Sushila Karki on Friday pledged to fight corruption, create jobs and raise living standards after a deadly wave of youth-led protes...

By Saeed Shah and Maha El Dahan ISLAMABAD/DUBAI - With many Arab nations feeling a rising threat from Israel, the Saudi-Pakistan defense pact announced this week brings Pakistan - and its nuclear umbr...

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany wants to work productively on ideas regarding the use of Russian assets frozen in the European Union, Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil said in Copenhagen on Friday, indicatin...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Pulkovo airport in St. Petersburg, Russia's second-largest city, said on Friday that its website had been hacked. Pulkovo is Russia's second-largest airport by passenger traffic. (R...

By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA (Reuters) - Iran on Friday criticised a move by European powers to impose international sanctions by the end of the month if Tehran does not meet conditions, including acc...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Belarus' foreign ministry said on Friday that it had ordered a Czech diplomat to leave the country and summoned a senior Polish diplomat for a meeting, after both countries expelled...

KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine's finance minister Serhii Marchenko said on Friday that the country was seeking a new four-year lending programme from the IMF. Ukraine's current $15.5 billion programme with ...