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Two Amur tiger cubs have had their first public outing at Cologne Zoo in Germany, one of several zoos that have sought to help keep up the numbers of the rare big cats

France’s influential lower house of parliament the National Assembly is holding its opening session to elect a speaker after a chaotic early election produced a hung legislature

France’s divided National Assembly has kept a centrist member of President Emmanuel Macron’s party as speaker

An inquiry into the U.K. government's response to COVID-19 found it was ill-prepared for a pandemic and serious errors in planning failed its citizens

Results of Syria’s parliamentary elections show that President Bashar Assad’s Baath Party has won a majority of seats, as expected

Should visitors to Thailand be concerned about their safety after six people were found dead in a locked hotel room in Bangkok

This week's attack on a Shiite mosque in the capital stunned Oman, a quiet nation long spared militant violence

A passenger train has derailed in northern India, killing at least two passengers and injuring 20 others

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has opened a new parliamentary term

South Korea’s top court has ruled that same-sex couples are eligible to receive the same health insurance benefits as heterosexual couples, a landmark verdict hailed by human rights groups