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Rome: Italy's highest court began deliberations on Tuesday to rule on the legality of the country's latest electoral law with the decision likely to...

Paris: Movie director Roman Polanski, wanted by the United States for abusing a minor almost 40 years ago, has turned down an invitation to head the jury at...

Bangkok: Bright red garments, gold embroidery and colourful accessories would normally have been the mode du jour for Thailand's ethnic Chinese...

Seoul: Nintendo Co's smash hit Pokemon Go was unleashed on South Korea on Tuesday, six months after it was released elsewhere in the world, a delay...

Beijing: A Chinese court has jailed Wang Tianpu, the former president of energy giant Sinopec Group, for 15-1/2 years for graft, state media reported on...

Beijing/Washington: China said on Tuesday it had "irrefutable" sovereignty over disputed islands in the South China Sea after the White House...

Jakarta: Indonesia's fire-prone Riau province declared a state of emergency on Tuesday, the disaster mitigation agency said, after President Joko Widodo...

Tokyo: Japan on Tuesday launched its first military communications satellite to boost the broadband capacity of its Self Defence Forces as they reinforce an...

London: Prime Minister Theresa May must give parliament a vote before she can formally start Britain's exit from the European Union, the UK Supreme...

Moscow: Russia, Turkey and Iran on Tuesday were working on a statement to reaffirm a fragile ceasefire between Syrian warring parties that could agree to...