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Erbil: Iraqi Kurdish President Masoud Barzani departed office on Wednesday, leaving his nephew to reconcile with the central government in Baghdad, with...

Phnom Penh: A European Parliament delegation warned on Tuesday that Cambodia could face EU action over aid and vital trade preferences if the human rights...

Seoul/Beijing: South Korea will never tolerate North Korea as a nuclear state, nor will Seoul have nuclear weapons, President Moon Jae-in said on Wednesday,...

Manila: Philippine security forces on Wednesday arrested an Indonesian national suspected to be among the militants who seized control of parts of the...

Sydney: Australia's world-famous Uluru, formerly known as Ayers Rock, will be closed to climbers from 2019, its management board said on Wednesday,...

Kuala Lumpur/Singapore: Malaysia is investigating an alleged attempt to sell the data of more than 46 million mobile phone subscribers online, in what...

Tokyo: Japan's Shinzo Abe was re-elected prime minister on Wednesday after his ruling bloc's big election win last month and days ahead of a visit...

Sydney: Hundreds of asylum seekers refused to leave a detention centre in Papua New Guinea on Wednesday, even after power and water were cut and food...

Sydney: A citizenship crisis that robbed Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull of his one-seat majority will claim another politician, with the Senate...

Singapore: The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) on Wednesday said it has barred two individuals involved in breaches related to Malaysia's 1MDB...