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A suicide bomber attacked security forces guarding a famous Sufi shrine in Pakistan’s eastern city of Lahore on Wednesday, killing at least 10 people and wounding 20 others, police said. Hizbul Ahrar, an offshoot of the Pakistani Taliban, claimed responsibility for

Main opposition the Republican People’s Party (CHP) on Wednesday submitted a request to Turkey’s Supreme Election Council (YSK) to cancel last year’s presidential and parliamentary elections as well as the March 31 local polls across all Istanbul districts. The request was

The toll is shocking: 19 suicides, 12 suicide attempts and eight cases of serious depression among employees over a three-year span at France’s main telephone and internet company. A long-awaited trial began Monday in Paris accusing telecom giant Orange and seven

The Executive Directors of the World Bank have unanimously selected David R. Malpass as President of the World Bank Group for a five-year term beginning on Tuesday, 9 April 2019. The Board expressed its deep gratitude to Interim President Kristalina Georgieva

Libyan army commander Khalifa Hifter on Thursday ordered his forces to march on Tripoli, the capital of the U.N.-backed government, sparking fears of a major showdown with rival militias. The order posted in an audio recording online came as U.N. Secretary-General