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Thoothkudi(India): An Indian state on Monday ordered the permanent closure of a copper smelter run by London-listed Vedanta Resources after 13 people...

Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia is cancelling a project to build a high-speed rail link between its capital, Kuala Lumpur, and Singapore, and will talk with its...

Rome: Italy's president set the country on a path back to fresh elections on Monday, appointing a former International Monetary Fund official as interim...

Islamabad: Pakistan on Monday appointed former chief justice Nasir-Ul-Mulk as caretaker prime minister until a general election on July 25 which is expected...

Nilai (Malaysia): Malaysia has made its largest ever seizure of crystal methamphetamine, officials said on Monday, finding nearly 1.2 tonnes of the drug...

Rome: Italian President Sergio Mattarella is expected to ask a former International Monetary Fund official on Monday to head a stopgap government amidst...

Seoul: South Korea's President Moon Jae-in said on Monday there could be more impromptu talks and summits with North Korea's Kim Jong Un, as US...

Madrid: Spain's Ciudadanos party upped the pressure on Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy on Monday, intensifying calls for snap elections after a proposed...

Bogota: Colombia headed for its most divisive presidential race in decades after rightwinger Ivan Duque won Sunday's first-round vote, triggering a...

Nairobi: Kenyan authorities have arrested the head of the National Youth Service as part of an investigation into a theft of nearly $100 million, media...