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Manila: The Philippine Supreme Court on Tuesday began hearing arguments in a petition to declare President Rodrigo Duterte's deadly war on drugs,...

Geneva: The United Nations human rights office on Tuesday condemned attacks and threats made against its investigators by Philippines President Rodrigo...

Shanghai: Police in Beijing have detained 18 people following a fire that killed 19 people and injured another eight on Saturday evening, the state news...

Amsterdam: Technical problems at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport delayed dozens of flights to one of Europe's busiest airports on Tuesday, the national...

Bangkok: Thailand is seeking to prosecute ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra for graft under a law that allows politicians to be tried in absentia, an...

Naypyitaw: Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi said on Tuesday she hopes talks with Bangladesh this week will result in a memorandum of...

Geneva: The United Nations urged Sudan to end violence and human rights abuses against the 2.6 million people displaced by its long conflict in Darfur, a...

Berlin:Two veteran allies of Chancellor Angela Merkel appealed to Germany's parties on Tuesday to strike compromise to form a stable government that...

Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted Syrian leader Bashar Al Assad to talk about the need to move from military operations to the search for a...

Beijing: China said on Tuesday it has urged Thailand to "quickly bring to justice" 20 ethnic Uighur Muslims from China who broke out of a Thai...