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Seoul: Notoriously isolated North Korea has fired what appeared to be a submarine-launched ballistic missile, in an apparent show of strength by Pyongyang...

Hong Kong: Hundreds of people in Hong Kong, wearing school uniform or black t-shirts, staged a sit-in on Wednesday outside the school of an 18-year-old...

London: United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson has reportedly struck a secret deal with the Democratic Unionist party involving radical proposals for a...

Washington: US President Donald Trump’s administration has sought to defy congressional demands to hear depositions from senior officials, in the first...

Tokyo: Japan has increased its consumption tax for the first time in five years, bringing the long-delayed policy into effect despite concerns it may knock...

Cairo: Egyptian security forces have blocked access to Cairo’s Tahrir Square, the highly symbolic focal point of the 2011 revolution, as part of a...

Mogadishu: A US military base used to launch drones and a European military convoy have been hit in separate attacks in Somalia. A journalist saw a...

Kabul: The frontrunners for Afghanistan’s presidency, the incumbent Ashraf Ghani and chief executive Abdullah Abdullah, have both declared victory,...

Jakarta: Riot police in Indonesia have clashed with protesters as thousands of students resumed demonstrations against a new law they say has crippled the...

Beijing: China has celebrated 70 years of Communist party rule and its rise to global superpower status with a military parade in Beijing showcasing the...