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Manila: The Philippines discouraged ransom payments on Wednesday for captives held by militants in a bid to stop a kidnap "industry" emerging...

New York: Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton scored sweeping victories in nominating contests in their home state of New York, and...

Tokyo: Aftershocks rattled survivors of deadly Japanese earthquakes on Wednesday, nearly a week after the first one struck, as the area braced for heavy...

New York: A 9.54-carat rare blue diamond ring once belonging to the late Shirley Temple, one of Hollywood's most famous child actors, failed to sell at...

Tokyo: Japan's top government spokesman said on Wednesday he did not think Prime Minister Shinzo Abe would call a snap election although it was up to...

Bangkok:Thai police cannot find 15 suspects in connection with a bomb at a shrine in Bangkok last year that killed 20 people, an officer said on Wednesday,...

Ahmedabad: A Jet Airways Mumbai-Ahmedabad -Mumbai flight carrying 125 passengers and six crew members was on Wednesday delayed after a bomb scare, which...

Kabul: Afghan President Ashraf Ghani vowed on Wednesday to avenge "every drop of blood" from this week's suicide attack in Kabul, as...

New York: A former New York City police officer avoided prison on Tuesday for the killing of an unarmed black man in an unlit stairwell, two months after a...

New Delhi: Several parts of the country continued to reel under severe heatwave conditions with major cities, including the national capital of New Delhi,...