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BELGRADE: Around 150,000 protesters gathered in Belgrade in a student led demonstration against Serbian leader Aleksandar Vucic, just days before parliamentary elections that could decide whether his ruling party keeps control.The student movement has put forward 250 candidates for...

A new study has found that this year's summer heat waves in Europe killed around 50,000 people, with climate change responsible for roughly two thirds of those deaths.The research examined deaths across 854 cities but did not include rural...

TEHRAN: Iran's state television reported on Thursday that seven oil tankers were either attacked or hit naval mines in the Strait of Hormuz overnight, in what could be the largest single day of vessel damage in the waterway since...

LONDON: Oil prices climbed to a five month high on Thursday as attacks in Saudi Arabia and damage to tankers in the Strait of Hormuz renewed fears about the world's crude supply.Brent crude, the international benchmark, rose 3 percent...

BEIJING: A powerful magnitude 7 earthquake struck the Tibet region of China on Thursday, killing at least 16 people and injuring dozens more, according to Chinese state media.The United States Geological Survey placed the epicenter about 183 kilometres east...