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Washington: US President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team has issued a blanket mandate requiring politically appointed ambassadors installed by President Barack Obama to leave...

Hong Kong: China on Friday hiked the yuan against the dollar in its biggest one-day increase since 2005, after the greenback fell against...

Bangkok: Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha visited flooded parts of the south of the country yesterday where unseasonable downpours have killed six people,...

Pyongyang: Thousands of North Koreans have rallied in Pyongyang, chanting communist slogans and vowing support for leader Kim Jong-Un, who in his New...

Bouake: Soldiers demanding more pay and housing rose up in several cities around Ivory Coast yesterday, raiding arms depots and taking control of...

Manila: President Rodrigo Duterte said yesterday that he hoped Moscow, a rival of the Philippine's traditional ally the United States, would become his...

Islamabad: Pakistan's Supreme Court yesterday ordered police to find a ten-year-old maid who was allegedly tortured by her employers, and demanded a full...

Rio de Janeiro: At least 33 inmates were killed by their rivals at a prison in northern Brazil yesterday, days after a riot...

Caracas: Venezuela’s opposition said yesterday it will seek to trigger early elections by declaring President Nicolas Maduro has “abandoned his post,” launching a...

Mexico City: One police officer was killed in nationwide protests and looting over a spike in petrol prices, officials said yesterday. At least...

Mumbai: In a stinging attack on the NDA Government over demonetisation, key ally Shiv Sena yesterday described it as the "worst regime in...

Dhaka: An Islamist extremist accused of being one of the masterminds of last year's deadly siege at a Bangladeshi cafe was shot dead...

Manila: More than 50 of the 158 inmates who escaped in the biggest jailbreak ever in the Philippines have been caught or killed,...

Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia said yesterday the hunt for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 will end in two weeks after the search is completed...

Sejong: China is suspected to be taking indirect action against South Korea's decision last year to deploy a Us anti-missile system, South Korea's...

Hong Kong: A 62-year-old man travelling from mainland China died in Hong Kong from bird flu yesterday, the second such death this winter,...

Peshawar, Pakistan: Around a hundred women have gathered in a community centre in Peshawar, the heart of Pakistan's fabled northwest -- but they...

Islamabad: A Pakistani law allowing secret military  courts to try civilians on terrorism charges is set to expire today, but the government has...