Male, Maldives - Counting is underway in the Maldives following a contentious presidential election seen as a test of democracy on the troubled island nation. Ahmed Akram, spokesperson for the country's election commission, said polling at

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Torrential rains and flooding in northeastern Tunisia have left at least four people dead, including two sisters, according to the country's interior ministry. A 60-year-old man drowned near the town of Takilsa, 60km east

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NABEUL, Tunisia: Flash floods in Tunisia’s Cap Bon peninsula have killed at least four people, authorities said Sunday, as surging waters caused by heavy rains carried away homes, cars and chunks of road.Among the

Maldives opposition has claimed victory in the tense presidential election after its officials and an independent newspaper reported results from 90 percent of the ballot boxes which showed Ibrahim Mohamed Solih bagging 58 percent of

They are more than 1,000 coral islands scattered across the Indian Ocean. They are the Maldives - loved by tourists from all over the world for their beaches, blue lagoons and tropical reefs. About 250,000

Istanbul, Turkey - American Kathryn Balleh sang the country classic Jolene at a rooftop bar in Istanbul, while her Syrian husband Bashar Balleh strummed the guitar. She closed her eyes as she hummed the

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