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Britain: Immigrants are to be banned from taking the driving test in their native language amid mounting evidence that rogue translators are helping them cheat their way to a licence. Government so ....

Nicaragua: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Tuesday that his country was “fighting to establish solidarity and justice,” as international concern rose over Iran’s growing nuclear ambitions. ....

India: India’s government has allowed foreign brands such as Adidas or home furnishings giant Ikea to open 100-percent owned shops, but will continue to block the entry of supermarkets. The retail ....

Iran: The Iranian government on Saturday welcomed a US navy rescue of 13 of its nationals from pirates near the entrance to the Gulf, in a rare respite from months of rising tensions between Tehran an ....

Malaysia: Anwar Ibrahim rose to the brink of power in Malaysia, fell spectacularly, only to rise again as a firebrand opposition leader in a tumultuous life that faces yet another pivotal moment. A ....

GERMANY: European leaders and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev have opened the Nord Stream gas pipeline, linking Western Europe and Russia. The 10-billion-dollar pipeline project was formally open ....

Rahul Gandhi, scion of India’s Nehru-Gandhi political dynasty, is the favourite choice to be the country’s next prime minister, an opinion poll showed Monday. Among his ruling Congress party colleague ....

Libya said three journalists were killed in a NATO air strike on state television on Saturday and that the murder of the rebels’ army chief proved Al-Qaeda was instigating the country’s armed revolt. ....

International Monetary Fund (IMF) Director General Dominique Strauss-Kahn has been arrested in the United States on charges of sexually assaulting a hotel maid in New York. Strauss-Kahn was arrested a ....

Hundreds of thousands of devotees gathered yesterday for the funeral of Sathya Sai Baba. Sai Baba was buried in keeping with customs accorded to Hindu holy men. Sai Baba who died of multiple organ fai ....

Saturday - “US predators fired a barrage of missiles in North Waziristan Agency, close to the Afghan border on Friday, killing at least 25 people including civilians. Sources said five missiles hit ....

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says it is for United Nations Member States to decide which nations fill the non-permanent seats on the Security Council, dispelling any notion that he supports a particu ....

Russia: Russia on Tuesday marked a half century since Yuri Gagarin became the first man in space, the greatest victory of Soviet science which expanded human horizons and is still remembered by Russia ....

Libya: Fresh coalition air strikes are killing soldiers and civilians alike, a Government spokesman said late Saturday, repeating a call for a ceasefire and an emergency UN Security Council meeting. ....

A senior Pakistani official has claimed that all killers of former slain Premier Benazir Bhutto have been arrested with weapons, saying they will soon be presented before the public. Pakistan’s Interi ....