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Tokyo: Tokyo governor Yuriko Koike on Wednesday formally launched a new party promising conservative reform, stepping up her challenge to Prime Minister...

Berlin: German Chancellor Angela Merkel welcomes French President Emmanuel Macron's speech on EU reform, her spokesman said on Wednesday, without giving...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said traders across the country are "positive" about GST and accepting the new taxation...

Wellington: The leader of the New Zealand First Party, which emerged as the kingmaker after an inconclusive weekend election, said on Wednesday he would not...

Hong Kong: Former British banker Rurik Jutting, who was jailed for life in Hong Kong last year for the gruesome murders of two Indonesian women he tortured...

Seoul: Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Jay Y. Lee on Thursday will begin an appeal of his five-year jail term for corruption, in a case highlighting South...

Islamabad: Pakistan's Finance Minister Ishaq Dar was indicted by an anti-corruption court on Wednesday, but the close aide of ousted prime minister...

Yangon: Myanmar's government will manage the redevelopment of villages torched during violence in Rakhine state that has sent nearly half a million...

Kabul: U.S. Defence Secretary Jim Mattis visited Kabul on Wednesday to pledge support for the government of President Ashraf Ghani, with the precarious...

Raipur: A Kolkata-bound IndiGo flight, with over 150 passengers on board, on Wednesday made an emergency landing at Chhattisgarh's Raipur airport...