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“If he refuses, the council could elect a new leader”, he added.

The global Monetary Fund can not participate in another Greek bailout until Greece and its creditors make hard decisions on economic reforms and debt relief, a fund official said Thursday.

“This is a big responsibly on us”.

The Home Minister asserted that terrorism has no caste or religion and “We all must discuss terrorism with all the seriousness”. In Havana, ex-PM Manmohan Singh agreed that Pakistan was also a victim of terror, while at Sharm-el Sheikh, he accepted Pakistan’s...

The Afghan Taliban on Friday praised their new leader, saying he was one of the most “trusted” associates of the late Mullah Mohammad Omar, a acknowledgment likely meant to rally followers behind the leadership at a time of a deeply fractured insurgency.

The Afghan government said he died in a Pakistani hospital more than two years ago.

The adviser said that that the Taliban have confirmed the death of Mulla Mohammad Omer – founder and supreme leader of the group – and they have elected a new leader – Mullah Akhtar Mansoor.

The Taliban on Thursday confirmed in that Mullah Omar died of an illness some time ago and asserted they elected Mansoor as his successor. For its part, the Afghan government believes it can seize the on the crisis it has created by announcing that Mullah Mohammad Omar has been...

The contradictory reports come a day after the Taliban confirmed that its founder Mullah Mohammed Omar had some time ago, signifying a major shift in Afghanistan’s militant leadership.

THE Taliban has elected Mullah Akhtar Mansoor as its new leader, Taliban sources have told Al Jazeera, as the group confirmed the death of their founder, Mullah Omar.

But a European source said it was not yet confirmed that the talks would begin Friday, adding that at most “only a few people” from the so-called troika of creditors would arrive before the weekend.

ATHENS, July 31 Greece’s ruling Syriza party on Thursday backed a call from Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras for an emergency party congress, as he sought to assert authority following a revolt by hardliners on his handling of bailout talks. European governments have resisted...

TEHRAN -France sought to revive its relations with Iran on Wednesday, extending an invitation to President Hassan Rohani to visit Paris in November, a gesture that follows this month’s historic nuclear deal.

India’s Home Minister Rajnath Singh told the Lok Sabha today that the gunmen who stormed a police station and killed seven people in India’s Punjab had come from Pakistan, according to a preliminary report. Pakistan regrets the unsubstantiated and unwarranted...

The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has issued an advisory against carrying live media coverage of anti-terrorist operations by security forces at Gurdaspur in Punjab.