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Tokyo: Japan's navy on Tuesday appointed the first woman to command a warship squadron, including the flagship Izumo helicopter carrier, as it tries to...

Brussels: A group of European Union countries agreed on Tuesday to develop their first joint defence projects under a pact that excludes Britain, giving...

Baan Saladin(Thailand): Thai junta leader Prayuth Chan-ocha rowed a boat across a pond dotted with lotus leaves, planted some rice stalks in a field and...

Moscow/Beirut: The Russian military has offered Syrian rebels safe passage out of eastern Ghouta, setting out a proposal to let the opposition surrender its...

Geneva: Air strikes by Russia and a US-led coalition killed civilians in Syria on a large scale last year, while the Assad government carried out unlawful...

New Delhi: A truck carrying wedding party guests plunged into a dry river bed in western India on Tuesday, killing at least 25 people and injuring dozens,...

Seoul: North Korea is willing to hold talks with the United States on denuclearisation and will suspend nuclear tests while those talks are under way, the...

Mumbai: The extent of the unravelling fraud at India's state-run Punjab National Bank could rise beyond the nearly $2 billion mark so far outlined by...

Beijing: Five years after the charismatic and high-profile former Communist Party boss of the Chinese metropolis of Chongqing was jailed for life for graft,...

Jakarta: Indonesia has blocked microblogging site Tumblr after complaints about adult content on hundreds of accounts, the communications ministry said on...