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Seoul/Kuala Lumpur: The estranged half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has been killed in Malaysia, a South Korean government source told Reuters...

Jakarta/Islamabad: Valentine's Day celebrations on Tuesday were banned by authorities in parts of Indonesia and Pakistan, saying the romantic tradition...

Lucknow/Dehradun: Polling will be held on Wednesday in 67 Assembly constituencies of western Uttar Pradesh in the second of seven phases and in 69 Assembly...

Manila: The Philippines' environment minister stepped up a crackdown on mining on Tuesday, cancelling almost a third of the country's contracts for...

Manila: Japan has offered to send patrol ships to deal with a growing piracy threat in the southern Philippine waters bordering Indonesia and Malaysia, a...

Srinagar: Four army men, including a Major, and an equal number of militants were on Tuesday killed while 8 other security personnel and a civilian were...

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...