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Tokyo: Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Liberal Democratic Party suffered an historic defeat in an election in the Japanese capital on Sunday, signalling...

Darjeeling (West Bengal): Bands and solo singers are crooning in support of their demand for a separate Gorkhaland in the streets of Darjeeling. The most...

Beijing: China's attempt to launch its second heavy-lift carrier rocket 'Long March-5 Y2' on Sunday failed after abnormity was detected during...

Cairo: An Egyptian court on Sunday upheld the death penalty for 20 men charged with killing policemen in the violence that followed the military's...

Bekaa Valley (Lebanon): A fire tore through a camp for Syrian refugees in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley on Sunday, killing at least one person and leaving two...

Dhaka: In a setback to former Bangladesh prime minister Khaleda Zia, the Supreme Court on Sunday upheld a High Court judgement rejecting her plea for a...

Beijing: Taiwan military jets scrambled to shadow a Chinese aircraft carrier passing through narrow waters separating the two sides en route to Hong Kong to...

Jakarta: Indonesia has set minimum and maximum tariffs for online car-hailing services, aiming to ensure comparable pricing with conventional transport...

Ramle (Israel): Former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert, 71, was released on parole on Sunday from a prison in Ramle, near Tel Aviv, after serving 16...