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Beijing: Fearing pollution, hundreds of residents in a northeastern Chinese city on Tuesday protested the building of an aluminium processing plant,...

New Delhi/Chennai: AIADMK chief V. K. Sasikala's hope of becoming chief minister of Tamil Nadu was on Tuesday dealt a body blow with the Supreme Court...

Seoul: South Korea's special prosecutor's office said on Tuesday it would again seek a warrant to arrest Samsung Group chief Jay Y. Lee, a suspect...

Jakarta: Supporters of the governor of Indonesia's capital are hoping their checkered shirts in red, white and blue will help galvanise the vote in a...

Geneva: North Korea said on Tuesday its missile launches were "self-defence measures", rejecting U.N. Security Council criticism of its weekend...

Taipei: At least 32 people were killed when a tour bus crashed on a highway near Taipei on Monday night, with Taiwanese television footage showing the bus...

Mumbai: Eman Ahmed, who weighs around 500kg and is the world's heaviest woman, has been under observation at the Saifee Hospital since her arrival here...

New Delhi: A strike led by drivers' unions in the Indian capital demanding better pay from Uber and Ola has paralysed the ride-hailing services that...

New Delhi: Impacted by note ban, retail inflation fell to multi-year low of 3.17 per cent in January and may prompt the Reserve Bank to have a re-look at...

Oroville (California): Emergency crews early on Monday prepared loads of rock to be dropped by helicopters to seal a crumbling spillway that threatens to...