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New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to revisit its two-decade-old verdict on the anti-defection law holding that an elected or nominated...

Kathmandu: Nepal's parliament on Wednesday elected Prachanda as the Himalayan nation's new prime minister, a week after KP Oli stepped down to avoid...

Manila: Philippine police commandos killed six bodyguards on Wednesday who worked for a town mayor who had turned himself in over links to the illegal drug...

Bangkok: Thai authorities will deploy about 200,000 police for a referendum on a contentious new constitution on Sunday but violence is seen as unlikely,...

Tokyo: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe appointed a conservative ally as defence minister on Wednesday, in a cabinet reshuffle that left most key posts...

Seoul: North Korea launched a ballistic missile on Wednesday that landed in or near Japanese-controlled waters for the first time, the latest in a series of...

Mahad (Maharashtra): More than 20 people are missing as two buses have been swept away in swollen Savitri river after a British-era bridge collapsed on the...

Washington: A Republican lawmaker in Congress became the first to break with the party and support Democrat Hillary Clinton for the White House on Tuesday...

Washington: US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Tuesday brushed off billionaire investor Warren Buffett's blistering critique of his...

Ankara/Istanbul: President Tayyip Erdogan accused the West of supporting terrorism and standing by coups on Tuesday, questioning Turkey's relationship...