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Prague: Czech gymnast Vera Caslavska, her country's most celebrated Olympian and one of the most powerful voices in its struggle against Soviet...

Occupied Jerusalem: Israel approved on Wednesday 284 new housing units in Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank at a time of heightened international...

Zurich: Friction between Switzerland and the European Union over the bloc's plans to tighten gun control following a rise in militant attacks could turn...

Naypyitaw: Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi launched a major push to end decades of fighting between the military and myriad rebel groups with an appeal on...

Manila: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Wednesday he was ready to discuss any issues with Barack Obama when they meet in Laos next week, but...

Phnom Penh: The family of murdered Cambodian government critic Kem Ley have fled abroad fearing for their safety, friends of the family said on...

Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian police said on Wednesday they had arrested three local supporters of the IS militant group who had allegedly been planning several...

Almaty: Uzbek President Islam Karimov's daughter said on Wednesday that her father, who has run the Central Asian state with authoritarian style for 27...

Tokyo: Nine people were killed when floods inundated an old people's home in Japan, police said on Wednesday, taking the death toll from a typhoon...

New Delhi: US Secretary of State John Kerry called on Wednesday on China and the Philippines to abide by an international tribunal's decision on the...