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Saint John's (Antigua)/New Delhi: Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne has said that fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi, who has been found in...

Vietnam is stiffening regulations to contain a new spike in COVID cases, after having mostly kept the virus at bay throughout the pandemic.

Naypyitaw: Myanmar ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Monday appeared in court in person for the first time since she was put under house arrest after the...

Beijing: Twenty-one runners have died after extreme weather struck a long-distance race in north-western China.High winds and freezing rain hit participants...

Washington DC: As the United States continues to withdraw its forces from Afghanistan, US officials are divided over plans for monitoring the worn-torn...

AUCKLAND: Several hundreds of firefighters took the Auckland Sky Tower Stair Challenge in New Zealand to raise funds and awareness for leukaemia and blood...

DHAKA: Bangladesh will receive the second batch of China-donated Sinopharm vaccines to help the country combat COVID-19.According to a statement of the...

Kathmandu: Nepal's president, Bidya Devi Bhandari, dissolved the country's parliament on Saturday and called for fresh elections in November. Bhandari's...

Beijing: China's first Mars rover has started its exploration on the red planet, according to the country's national space administration. The Zhurong rover...

JAKARTA: Indonesia's most active volcano Merapi erupted again on Friday, spewing clouds of ash to the air at 1:40 a.m. local time, according to the...