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Baghdad: At least 72 people were killed and more than 140 wounded by three bombings in Baghdad on Tuesday, police and medical sources said, extending the...

Hong Kong: A top ranked Chinese official began a rare visit to Hong Kong on Tuesday vowing to listen to residents' political concerns, seeking to...

Santo Domingo: President Danilo Medina declared electoral victory in the Dominican Republic on Monday as results showed him ahead with a huge margin, but...

Singapore/Manila: Singapore's central bank has asked banks to maintain a high level of security for their critical IT systems following recent cyber...

Wellington: NASA successfully launched a super pressure balloon from New Zealand's South Island Wanaka Airport on Tuesday to conduct near-space...

Seoul: South Korean author Han Kang won the Man Booker International Prize for fiction on Monday for her novel "The Vegetarian", a dark, surreal...

Colombo: Flash floods and landslides in Sri Lanka, triggered by more than three days of heavy rain, have forced more than 130,000 people to leave their...

SHANGHAI: China must learn from the tumultuous, decade-long Cultural Revolution and never allow such an event to happen again, the ruling Communist...

BANGKOK: One of two ethnic Uighur Muslims from China accused of involvement in a deadly bombing at a Bangkok shrine last year broke down in front of cameras...

Vienna: Major power talks on Syria aim to restore a truce across the country and get aid into besieged areas to encourage opposition groups to return to...