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The hotline established in 2015 between Barack Obama and Prime Minister Narendra Modi will continue to exist after the outgoing US President hands over the baton to his successor Donald Trump on January 20, a presidential aide has suggested.

Pakistan fired its first submarine-launched cruise missile on Monday, the country’s military said.

Subway riders around the world got an eyeful when their fellow transit users stripped down to their underwear on Sunday for the annual No Pants Subway Ride.

Embattled President Nicolas Maduro raised the minimum wage by 50 percent in Venezuela, a country with astronomical inflation.

The United States will send some 300 Marines to Afghanistan's southern Helmand province to train, advise and assist Afghan security forces.

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II on Sunday made her first public appearance for Sunday church service on her Sandringham estate after weeks of recuperating from a heavy cold.

The young prince leading Saudi Arabia's drive for economic reform has laid out a three-pronged strategy to avoid a backlash from religious conservatives opposed to his plan, according to remarks reported by Foreign Affairs magazine on Saturday.

President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday picked former US Senator Dan Coats as his director of national intelligence, two senior transition officials said, as he puts his own stamp on a US intelligence community that he frequently criticizes.

Elephants are an inevitable part of everyday life in Nepal and they are highly respected and attributed to playing a crucial role in the conservation parks and wildlife in the Himalayan country.

President-elect Donald Trump described America's leading Democrat as a "clown" who behaves like a typical politician, but urged him to work with Republicans on Thursday.

Photos of the trains with brown stains went viral and even flashed in the official media websites as?thick smog shrouded Beijing and 71 cities for the past five days

As the first light of dawn trickles in through the hospital window, 19-year-old Mohammed Ali learns that his two-year-old cousin has died of hunger. But he has to remain strong for his little brother Mohannad, who could be next.

Trump has long been critical of Obama's moves on immigration, energy regulation and foreign policy, and could look for ways to undo those and other actions, CNN said.

The Palestinian President on Tuesday said that he hopes the upcoming Mideast conference in France will set a timetable to end settlements, as Israel advances plans for thousands of new homes in parts of Jerusalem claimed by the Palestinians, despite the r...

Russia expanded its search on Monday for the remains of a military plane that crashed into the Black Sea, killing all 92 on board, and said pilot error or a technical fault - but not terrorism - were likely to have caused the tragedy.

Several flights scheduled to depart and arrive at Sri Lanka's Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) were delayed due to the temporary closure of certain parts of Indian airspace, an airport official said here on Monday.