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Seoul: Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Jay Y. Lee on Thursday will begin an appeal of his five-year jail term for corruption, in a case highlighting South...

Islamabad: Pakistan's Finance Minister Ishaq Dar was indicted by an anti-corruption court on Wednesday, but the close aide of ousted prime minister...

Yangon: Myanmar's government will manage the redevelopment of villages torched during violence in Rakhine state that has sent nearly half a million...

Kabul: U.S. Defence Secretary Jim Mattis visited Kabul on Wednesday to pledge support for the government of President Ashraf Ghani, with the precarious...

Raipur: A Kolkata-bound IndiGo flight, with over 150 passengers on board, on Wednesday made an emergency landing at Chhattisgarh's Raipur airport...

Cape Town/Johannesburg: Thousands of South Africans marched on Wednesday against corruption under President Jacob Zuma's rule, in protests led by unions...

Almaty: The first prominent dissident to return to Uzbekistan since the death of its long-time leader was detained on arrival on Wednesday, putting under...

New Delhi: Congress leader P. Chidambaram on Wednesday lauded BJP's Yashwant Sinha for talking "truth to the power" in an article on the...

Bangkok: Thailand's Supreme Court convicted and sentenced former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra in absentia to five years in prison on Wednesday for...

Jakarta: Indonesian authorities are preparing to divert flights to 10 airports across the country in case an increasingly active volcano on the holiday...