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Sydney: Australia will abolish a temporary work visa popular with foreigners and replace it with a new programme requiring better English-language and job...

London: British Prime Minister Theresa May called on Tuesday for an early election on June 8, saying she needed to strengthen her hand in divorce talks with...

Bangkok: Thailand's prime minister on Tuesday warned people not to protest against the mysterious disappearance of a plaque commemorating the end of...

Jakarta: Luar Batang is one of the Indonesian capital's oldest neighbourhoods, founded in the 17th century to collect tolls from ships sailing in from...

London: Prince William has warned British men that keeping a "stiff upper lip" by bottling up emotions was detrimental to mental health, stepping...

Beirut: A war monitor said air strikes, thought to be by planes from a U.S.-led military coalition, killed at least 23 people in two parts of the eastern...

Tokyo: U.S. Vice President Mike Pence reassured Japan of American commitment to reining in North Korea's nuclear and missile ambitions on Tuesday, after...

Islamabad: Pakistan's military captured a would-be IS female suicide bomber in the cultural capital of Lahore before she could carry out an attack on...

Colombo: Rescue workers cleared mud and debris from a landslide at a giant rubbish dump in the Sri Lankan capital for a fourth day on Monday, as the death...

Moscow: Alphabet Inc's Google will open up its popular Android mobile operating system to rival search engines in Russia as part of a deal to settle a...