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Baghdad: The U.S. military is not in Iraq "to seize anybody's oil", Defence Secretary Jim Mattis said, distancing himself from remarks by...

Itanagar: Development of the North East is essential for the country's economic development, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh said on Monday while...

Cairo: Egypt's top court upheld death sentences for 10 men on Monday for their part in Egypt's worst violence at a football stadium, in which more...

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said she would stop the "politics of vandalism" in the state, an issue she has taken...

Beijing: China's environment ministry has named and shamed several cities in the north of the country for not doing enough to cope with smog, state news...

Phnom Penh: Cambodia's parliament amended a law on Monday to stop anyone convicted of an offence from running for office, effectively barring...

HONG KONG: Former Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang, the highest-ranking ex-official to be charged in the city's history, was remanded in custody...

Mugla (Turkey): The trial of more than 40 Turkish soldiers accused of attempting to assassinate President Tayyip Erdogan during last year's failed coup...

BEIJING: South Korea's Lotte Group will face severe consequences if it allows the South Korean government to deploy a US anti-missile system on land...

Manila: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte operated a "death squad" while mayor of Davao city, giving cash and orders for police and assassins...