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Idomeni (Greece): Greek police on Tuesday started moving some of the 8,000 migrants and refugees stranded in a makeshift camp on the sealed northern border...

Singapore/Zurich: Singapore closed down BSI's operations in the city-state, while Switzerland began criminal proceedings against the private bank, in...

Marseille/Paris: France's Socialist government drew battle lines with one of the country's biggest trade union's on Tuesday over labour market...

Phnom Penh: As the worst drought in half a century delays rice planting in Cambodia, a pair of oxen on Tuesday delved into rice, corn and bean bowls at an...

Seoul: South Korean author Han Kang, whose novel The Vegetarian had sold just 20,000 copies in her home country before it became a candidate for...

Baghdad: Iraqi forces shelled IS targets in Falluja on Tuesday, the second day of an assault to retake the militant stronghold just west of Baghdad, as...

Yangon: A court in Myanmar sentenced a young poet to six months in jail on Tuesday for defaming former president Thein Sein, making him one of the first...

Ankara: Turkey's new prime minister, Binali Yildirim, said on Tuesday that the country's current constitution was far from meeting its needs and...

Ho Chi Minh City: U.S. President Barack Obama chided Vietnam on political freedoms on Tuesday after critics of the communist-run government were prevented...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear on May 26 the plea of Salvatore Girone, one of the two Italian marines accused of killing two...