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Manila: Russia wants to hold maritime drills with the Philippines to help combat terrorism and piracy, sending two warships to Manila for the first official...

Hanoi: Doctors in Vietnam have removed surgical forceps from a man who unknowingly carried them inside his body for 18 years, national television VTV...

Shanghai: China's sole aircraft carrier conducted drills in the South China Sea, the navy said, days after neighbouring Taiwan said the carrier and...

Taipei: Ties between Japan and Taiwan are at their best, Japan's representative on the island said on Tuesday, at the unveiling of a new name for...

Seoul: US President-elect Donald Trump's "clear warning" to North Korea shows he is aware of the urgency of the threat posed by its nuclear...

Hong Kong: Former Hong Kong leader Donald Tsang, the highest-ranking ex-official to be charged in the city's history, on Tuesday denied bribery related...

Beijing: The Chinese capital was on the second-highest orange smog alert in the depth of winter on Tuesday but city officials said the air quality was...

Seoul: South Korean authorities said on Tuesday they will proceed with steps to extradite Chung Yoo-ra, the daughter of a central figure in a South Korean...

Jakarta: Indonesia plans to prosecute the captain of a tourist boat for negligence after a fire ripped through the vessel on New Year's Day, killing at...

Mumbai: To mitigate hardships of poor and marginal farmers due to cash deficit following demonetisation, the Reserve Bank of India on Tuesday directed banks...