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Tokyo: Japan's Emperor Akihito delivered his final New Year's address on Wednesday before his abdication later this year, telling a record turnout...

Thiruvananthapuram: Violence erupted in southern India on Wednesday after two women defied traditionalists to enter one of Hinduism's holiest temples...

Beijing: Taiwan's unification with the mainland is "inevitable", President Xi Jinping said on Wednesday, warning against any efforts to...

Muscat: A bill to criminalise marital rape in India has been proposed by Congress MP Shashi Tharoor. The 'Women's Sexual Reproductive and Menstrual...

Muscat: Women from all walks of life in Kerala, India united to create a 620km wall as part of a state-sponsored initiative to promote gender...

Dhaka: A Bangladeshi journalist was arrested and another was on the run on Wednesday for publishing "false information" about voting...

Sanaa: Yemen's Houthi rebels on Tuesday rejected UN accusations of selling aid meant for civilians, slamming the World Food Programme (WFP) for sending...

Moscow: Russian rescuers on Tuesday pulled a baby boy alive from the ruins of an apartment block that collapsed in a gas explosion more than a day earlier,...

Bhangnamari, India: Saheb Ali felt an icy wind, saw a wall of water hurtling towards him and desperately held on to an electric cable to avoid becoming one...

Cairo: Supporters of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi are calling for constitutional changes that would allow him to stay in power once his second...