Al-Arish, Egypt - Egypt opened its border with the Gaza Strip for two days Tuesday after an agreement between the Palestinian militant group Hamas and Israel, security sources said.

Berlin - German unemployment fell in June, data released Tuesday showed, with the numbers out of work dropping by a seasonally unadjusted 123,000 to 3.16 million.

Athens/Nicosia - The drought-stricken eastern Mediterranean island of Cyprus accepted its first water shipment from neighboring Greece on Tuesday in order to deal with a severe water shortage.

Washington, July 1: Pakistani ambassador in Washington Hussain Haqqani has said that there was a complete failure of US’ public diplomacy in the Muslim world, in persuading its people for getting A

Kuala Lumpur - Malaysian police will be giving a 50 per cent discount to traffic offenders who pay their fines within 30 days of being charged, police said Tuesday.

Yangon - In a rare show of defiance, a bomb was detonated Tuesday at an office of the pro-government Union Solidarity and Development Association (USDA), witnesses and security personnel said.