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Melbourne: The far north of Australia was lashed by a Category 3 tropical cyclone over the weekend, bringing strong winds and heavy rain that raised fears...

Bangkok: A 39-year-old motor parts billionaire and extreme sports enthusiast seeking to shake up Thai politics has been compared to France's Emmanuel...

Tokyo: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, his ratings in a slump amid a suspected cronyism scandal and cover-up, apologised again on Sunday for causing...

Washington: Chanting "never again," hundreds of thousands of young Americans and their supporters answered a call to action from survivors of last...

Ashgabat: Turkmenistan is voting in a parliamentary election on Sunday, with a choice of three parties and some independents, but all the candidates are...

Kabul: Russia has rejected comments by NATO's top commander in Afghanistan that it has been supporting and even supplying weapons to the Taliban, in a...

New Delhi: The semi-government agency behind India's national identity card project on Saturday denied a report by news website ZDNet that the programme...

Muscat: Famous Palestinian singer, composer and songwriter Rim Banna has died after battling cancer for almost nine years. Rim Banna, who was known for her...

Afrin(Syria):Turkey's military and its Syrian rebel allies have taken full control of northwest Syria's Afrin region, a Turkish army source said on...

New Dehi: India's biometric ID programme, Aadhaar, has been hit by another major security lapse, allowing access to private information, business...