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Kuala Lumpur/Singapore: A Malaysian task force investigating a multi-billion-dollar scandal at state fund 1MDB is working with counterparts in neighbouring...

Kochi/Mumbai: Two new cases of the deadly brain-damaging Nipah virus have been confirmed in the southern Indian state of Kerala, where another two people...

New Delhi: India's civil aviation minister has asked national carrier Air India to investigate accusations of physical harassment made against a senior...

Madrid: Spain's centrist Ciudadanos party refuses to support a motion of no-confidence in Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy due this Friday, its leader said...

Kiev/Moscow: A dissident Russian journalist who was reported murdered in Kiev dramatically reappeared alive on Wednesday in the middle of a televised...

Tunis: A commitment by key Libyan actors to hold elections in December faces multiple obstacles, including the lack of a legal framework for polls and...

Ankara: Turkey and the United States agreed on a three-step plan for withdrawing the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia from Syria's Manbij, Turkey's...

Amman: Thousands of Jordanians heeded a strike call by unions on Wednesday to protest at major, IMF-guided tax rises they say will worsen an erosion in...

Rome: Italy searched for a last-minute exit from almost three months of political turmoil on Wednesday, with its biggest party looking to make a renewed...

Rio de Janeiro/Sao Paulo: Brazilian oil workers began a 72-hour strike on Wednesday in a new blow to President Michel Temer following a nationwide trucker...