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Bangkok: Asia is a critical battlefield in the global fight to rein in air pollution, registering about 5 million premature deaths each year, delegates at a...

Yangon: Myanmar's civilian president Htin Kyaw resigned due to ill health on Wednesday and is expected to be replaced by a close ally of de-facto leader...

London: Many women cannot express themselves freely on Twitter without fear of violence or abuse, Amnesty International said on Wednesday, even though the...

Occupied Jerusalem: Israel for the first time confirmed that it bombed a suspected Syrian nuclear reactor in 2007, saying on Wednesday that the strike...

Amman: At least 35 people were killed on Tuesday when a rocket hit a busy market place in an eastern suburb of the Syrian capital Damascus, state media...

Washington: US President Donald Trump and Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Tuesday discussed tensions with Iran and a Saudi-led...

New York: A student who shot and critically wounded two fellow students at a Maryland high school on Tuesday morning, died after exchanging gunfire with a...

London: Former Beatles drummer Ringo Starr was knighted at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday and joked with reporters afterwards: "I expect you to use my...

Chisinau: Two people were killed in a shop in Moldova's capital on Tuesday when a grenade brandished by a man seeking to avoid paying for cigarettes...

Oslo: Norwegian Justice Minister Sylvi Listhaug quit on Tuesday to avert a collapse of the minority government after she caused uproar with comments...