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New Delhi: In the face of all round attack, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday completely rolled back the controversial proposal to tax the...

Jakarta: Indonesia's western province of Riau has declared a state of emergency over forest and land fires blazing on the island of Sumatra, a...

Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian police foiled a plot by the IS militant group to kidnap Prime Minister Najib Razak and other senior ministers last year, the...

Dhaka: Bangladesh's Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the death sentence of a top Jamaat leader for war crimes during the country's independence war...

Manila: The Philippine Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that a senator who spent much of her life in the United States is eligible to run for president,...

Kuala Lumpur: Two years after Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 disappeared, answers remain elusive with international investigators yet to arrive at a...

Seoul/Shanghai: China has barred a North Korean freighter from one of its ports and South Korea announced a crackdown on individuals and companies linked to...

Washington: The United States has carried out an air strike in Somalia, killing more than 150 fighters with the Al Qaeda-linked extremist group Al Shebaab,...

Peshawar: Pakistani militants said a suicide bombing at a court on Monday in which at least 10 people were killed was revenge for the hanging of a man...

Brussels: Turkey offered the European Union greater help on Monday to stem a flood of migrants into Europe but demanded more money, faster accession talks...