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Beijing: Chinese officials have issued warnings to seed dealers and farmers not to use unapproved genetically modified seeds in the country's main crop...

Yangon: Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi's party on Friday nominated Shwe Mann, one of the country's most powerful politicians, to head a...

Seoul/Tokyo: The United States has deployed missile defence systems that will work with the Japanese and South Korean militaries to track a rocket that...

Tokyo: A Japanese volcano about 50km (30 miles) from a nuclear plant erupted on Friday, shooting ash nearly 2km into the night sky along with fountains of...

New Delhi: "Job of the prime minister is not to make excuses" and he should start running the country, a combative Rahul Gandhi asserted on Friday...

Vellore (Tamil Nadu): Eleven coaches of a Bengaluru-bound train derailed on Friday near here in southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, leaving several people...

Moran (Assam): Singling out the Sonia Gandhi family, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday accused the Congress President and her son Rahul Gandhi of...

New Delhi: Ruing that despite advancements Indian agriculture is yet to be completely out of the "clutches of weather", President Pranab Mukherjee...

Dublin: Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny set parliamentary elections for February 26 on Wednesday, kicking off campaigning for what promises to be a tight...

Kiev: Ukrainian Economy Minister Aivaras Abromavicius quit on Wednesday saying his ministry was being hijacked by corrupt vested interests, dealing another...