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Geneva: The head of a U.N. investigation into violence in Myanmar asked on Tuesday for more time to look into allegations of mass killings of Rohingya...

Jakarta: Indonesian authorities detained 22 people late on Monday after a violent mob clashed with police at an anti-communist protest in the capital...

Tokyo: Pledges to spend on education and child care, stay tough on North Korea and revise the pacifist constitution are likely to be pillars of Japanese...

Hong Kong: Hong Kong's leader urged an immediate end to independence debates in the Chinese-ruled global financial hub on Tuesday, warning that the...

Pocheon (South Korea): The screech of incoming fire followed by an explosion resounds across forested hillsides near the border between North and South...

Beijing: Threatening action or rhetoric cannot help resolve the situation on the Korean peninsula, China's foreign ministry said on Tuesday, after U.S....

Kirkuk: Police deployed overnight in the northern Iraqi oil city of Kirkuk to prevent any outbreak of ethnic violence ahead of a referendum on Kurdish...

Naypyitaw: Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi condemned on Tuesday human rights violations in Rakhine state and said violators would be brought to book, but...

Ponce (Puerto Rico): Hurricane Maria, the second major storm to hit the Caribbean this month, crept toward the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico on...

New Delhi: Veteran BJP leader L. K. Advani has been renominated as chairman of the Lok Sabha Ethics Committee by Speaker Sumitra Mahajan. Besides Advani,...