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Russia’s Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu on Tuesday said the country must develop new types of missile systems in the next two years after Washington and Moscow ripped up a key arms control treaty. The United States has repeatedly accused Russia of

At least 226 people in India have died so far this year from an outbreak of swine flu. The H1N1 virus claimed 31 lives in the past week, local media reported Monday, citing statistics from India’s Health Ministry. Nationwide, 6,601 people

A fire in a Paris apartment building killed at least eight people and injured around 30 in the early hours of Tuesday, authorities said. A 40-year-old female resident was detained at the scene as police opened an investigation into voluntary arson

Pope Francis held a historic public Mass for an estimated 170,000 Catholics at an Abu Dhabi stadium on Tuesday on the first ever papal visit to the Arabian Peninsula. The pope waved at an enthusiastic crowd carrying Vatican flags and banners

The father of John Chau, who was killed by tribesmen on India’s highly isolated North Sentinel Island, blamed “extreme Christianity” for the death of his son. “If you have (anything) positive to say about religion, l wish not to see or

Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have given U.S.-made weapons to al-Qaida-linked terrorists, other militias and groups fighting in Yemen, violating their arms agreements made with Washington, a report by CNN said. The CNN investigation found that U.S.-manufactured arms

World markets were mixed Monday amid speculation over the next steps in a dispute between the U.S. and China over technology development and trade following meetings in Washington last week. American and Chinese negotiators ended two days of talks in Washington

General Motors Co on Monday said it was starting to hand pink slips to about 4,000 salaried workers in the latest round of a restructuring announced in late November that will ultimately shrink its white-collar workforce in North America by 15