Reaching a deal to end decades of conflict in Cyprus will be difficult, but is possible, the UN envoy for the divided island said Monday as a fresh round of peace talks began. "We are

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Less than seven years after Interpol set up its International Child Sexual Exploitation database, the global crime buster has identified and rescued a 10,000th child victim, it said Monday. Using the world-wide database, investigators analyse

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Turkey on Monday urged the European Union to revive stalled negotiations on Ankara joining the bloc, saying without it Europe was "incomplete" and calling for visa-free travel for its citizens immediately. "The EU is still

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Bangladesh authorities have seized a luxury Rolls-Royce Ghost car illegally brought into the country for a former North Korean diplomat expelled for smuggling. Customs intelligence chief Moinul Khan said Han Son Ik intended to bring

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Thousands of Kenyan doctors who have been on strike for over a month risk being fired if they do not return to work by Wednesday, government officials said. The walkout by Kenyan doctors and nurses

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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has vowed to retake an area that supplies Damascus with water and rejected any negotiations on his departure at upcoming talks in Kazakhstan. Millions of people have been without water for

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Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) Monday launched "Code of Conduct: A Collective Responsibility" with the collaboration of media houses to improve the performance of the PEMRA with an open discussion on Electronic Media Code

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Return of displaced persons in Afghanistan to North Waziristan will begin on January 16. Political Agent Muhammad Kamran Afridi said that 200 families of Paikhel and Muhammadikhel villages will return through Ghulam Khan check post

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Lahore High Court (LHC) has admitted a writ petition filed by eight officers of the "most deprived" Commerce & Trade Group (C&T Group) against new appointments of trade officers and fixed January 12, 2017 for

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Part of the prolific Sapphire Group in Pakistan, Sapphire Fibres Limited (PSX: SFL) is a KSE-100 textile composite player. The firm was incorporated as a public limited company in Pakistan in 1979. Today, with a

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