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New Delhi: In a last minute decision, the Indian government on Monday extended the deadline for filing Income Tax Returns (ITRs) till August 5, a top...

Lucknow: India's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah on Monday said there was no question of him leaving the party post and he was working...

Sydney: The parliament of Papua New Guinea (PNG) will elect a prime minister at the end of the week, lawmakers said on Monday, in an election marred by poor...

Hong Kong: A Hong Kong court on Monday cleared a pro-democracy activist and former lawmaker of misconduct while in public office for allegedly failing to...

Jakarta: Indonesia is probably only stopping a fraction of what could be hundreds of tonnes of methamphetamine flooding in from countries such as China,...

Manila: The Philippines' environment minister Roy Cimatu said on Monday he would not lift a ban on open-pit mining imposed in April in an anti-pollution...

Bangkok: Up to 80 per cent of Thailand's tsunami warning system needs maintenance work, the deputy director-general of its disaster prevention...

Yangon: Police in Myanmar said on Monday they had detained one of the country's best known journalists, months after a social media clash with firebrand...

Tokyo: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe spoke with U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday and agreed on the need for more action on North Korea just hours...

Sydney: Stricter screening of passengers and luggage at Australian airports will stay in place indefinitely after police foiled an alleged plot to bring...