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Beirut/Moscow: Syria, Turkey and Russia responded vehemently on Monday to new US-backed plans to set up a 30,000-strong "border force" inside...

Mumbai: India's ambitious biometric identity project could lead to millions of people being denied access to essential services and benefits in...

Washington: There's not a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. There's an iridescent dinosaur. Scientists on Monday announced the discovery of a...

Yangon: Myanmar is building a camp to temporarily house 30,000 Rohingya Muslims targeted for repatriation after fleeing violence in Rakhine State, state...

Manila: The Philippines ordered the forced evacuation of people from two more municipalities near a restive volcano on Monday as the chief volcanologist...

Kuala lumpur/Singapore: The leaders of Malaysia and Singapore are expected to discuss plans for a high-speed rail project linking their countries during...

Singapore: A Singapore court on Monday filed additional charges against nine men accused in a large-scale oil theft at Shell's biggest refinery, the...

Tokyo/Beijing: The burning Iranian oil tanker that sank in the East China Sea on Sunday in the worst oil ship disaster in decades has produced a 10-mile...

Tunis: Violent protests erupted again on Sunday in two areas of the capital Tunis and another town after a relatively calm, the latest protests in the...