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Beijing: China said Thursday that Chinese-Australian author and democracy advocate Yang Hengjun was detained on national security grounds, becoming the...

Kabul: Negotiations between the Taliban and US officials in Qatar entered a fourth straight day Thursday, according to the insurgents, as the two sides...

Muscat: Malaysia has elected its new king, authorities have announced. Al Sultan Abdullah Ri'ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah of Pahang was selected to...

Beirut: Kurdish-led fighters overran the last village held by the IS group in Syria on Wednesday, confining its once vast cross-border "caliphate"...

Islamabad: A woman stabbed 23 times for rebuffing a romantic overture has praised Pakistan's top court for ordering the rearrest of her alleged...

Manila: Children as young as 12 years old could be incarcerated under a bill backed by Philippine lawmakers on Wednesday which has been attacked by the UN...

New Delhi: India's Priyanka Gandhi officially entered politics on Wednesday ahead of a looming national election, joining the opposition campaign in a...

Brussels: The European Union urged member countries on Wednesday to crack down on schemes granting "golden visas and passports" to foreign...

Bangkok: Thailand will hold a general election on March 24, authorities said on Wednesday, the first national poll since a 2014 coup knocked out the...

New Delhi: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has claimed he used to spend days "reflecting" alone in the jungle, in a new interview seeking to...