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The Lahore High Court in Punjab province on Monday declared the practice illegal, saying it has "no medical basis" and "offends the personal dignity of the female victim and therefore is…

Images published Sunday by North Korea state-owned newspaper Rodong Sinmun showed the country's leader, Kim Jong Un, smiling and clapping as he observed the test-firing of what the…

Prime Minister Khan’s opponents had the votes needed to remove him in parliament after members of his own party and a key coalition partner defected.Pakistan’s Supreme Court says Prime…

Russia tells Ukrainians at Mariupol plant to lay down armsU.S., Britain, Canada, France, Germany promise more helpU.S. plans new military aid package in next few days -…

WASHINGTON, April 6 (Reuters) - The United States targeted Russian banks and elites with a new round of sanctions on Wednesday, including banning Americans from investing in Russia, in…

An overview of the special session on the situation in Ukraine of the Human Rights Council at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, March 4, 2022. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File…

Seoul, South Korea CNN  —  North Korea has fired what is believed to be its first intercontinental ballistic…

TOKYO (AP) — Japan is barring entry of all nonresident foreign nationals as a precaution against a new and potentially more contagious coronavirus variant that has spread across…

The tests are so significant that, in normal years, the country rolls out extreme measures to support students -- office hours are changed to clear roads to avoid students getting stuck…

Bank of America boosts S&P 500Twitter gains after adopting 'poison pill'Didi to meet on U.S. delisting plans, shares plungeIndexes down: Dow 0.11%, S&P 0.02%, Nasdaq 0.14%April 18…