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Tokyo: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his ally, Finance Minister Taro Aso, face mounting pressure over a suspected cronyism scandal as the finance...

Hong Kong: Polling kicked off across Hong Kong in crucial by-elections on Sunday, with opposition democrats urging the city's 2.1 million eligible...

Melbourne: Receding floodwaters in the northern Australian state of Queensland have revealed a new danger - crocodiles. The unwelcome visitors have made...

Beijing: China removed presidential term limits from its constitution on Sunday, giving President Xi Jinping the right to remain in office indefinitely, and...

Washington: US Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Saturday blasted the judicial branch of the federal government for freezing many of President Donald...

Salisbury(England): British police have identified more than 200 witnesses and are looking at more than 240 pieces of evidence in their investigation into a...

Beirut: The Syrian army intensified its onslaught in eastern Ghouta on Saturday with advances that a war monitor and state media said had splintered the...

Tripoli: Libya's coastguard and an international charity ship picked up several hundred migrants on Saturday as smugglers trying to take advantage of...

Yangon: Myanmar Buddhist monk Wirathu said on Saturday his anti-Muslim rhetoric had nothing to do with violence in the western state of Rakhine, as he...

Johannesburg: A human rights lawyer plans to launch a class action lawsuit against South African food producer Tiger Brands on behalf of the families of...