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Vladivostok (Russia): Russia's President Vladimir Putin and Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday agreed to draw up proposals this year to end...

Shanghai: Brazil's newly installed president Michel Temer said the Senate's decision to allow former president Dilma Rousseff to maintain her...

Bratislava: The European Union must mend ties with Turkey, Slovakia's Foreign Minister Miroslav Lajcak said on Friday, as the bloc's 28 ministers...

Bangkok: Peace talks between Thailand's military government and separatists ended on Friday with no breakthrough but an agreement to meet again, and...

Kolkata: On the eve of her canonisation as a Roman Catholic saint, and 19 years after her death, the order founded by Mother Teresa of Calcutta is going...

Colombo: United Nations (UN) Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Friday urged Sri Lanka to do more to redress wrongs committed during 26 years of war with...

Athens: Greece cut back sharply on Friday on the number of television channels operating in the country, awarding just four broadcasting licences to an...

Baghdad: A blast caused by a fire at a weapons storage depot in eastern Baghdad on Friday set off rockets that hit neighbouring districts, killing at least...

Singapore: Singapore said on Friday it had found 38 more people who had contracted Zika, raising to 189 the number infected with the mosquito-borne virus...

Manila: The Philippines is stepping up President Rodrigo Duterte's battle on drugs with incoming college freshmen set to face tests for illegal drug use...