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Clark Freeport Zone (Philippines): U.S. Defence Secretary Jim Mattis on Wednesday praised Filipino soldiers for defeating pro-IS militants in a five-month...

Bangkok: Thailand on Wednesday marked the start of a lavish, five-day funeral for King Bhumibol Adulyadej with a Buddhist religious ceremony attended by...

Phnom Penh: A senator from Cambodia's main opposition party was pardoned on Wednesday from the seven-year jail sentence he had been given over a...

Wellington: Veteran protectionist politician Winston Peters was appointed New Zealand's new deputy prime minister and foreign minister on Wednesday,...

Beijing: China's ruling Communist Party broke with recent precedent on Wednesday and revealed a new leadership line-up without a clear successor to...

Baghdad/Cairo: Kurdish authorities in Iraq offered on Wednesday to put an independence drive on hold, stepping up efforts to resolve a crisis in relations...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani on Tuesday expressed their "firm resolve" to end the menace of...

Madrid: Secessionist leaders in Catalonia may call a snap election in an attempt to break the deadlock with Madrid over independence, a senior local...

Islamabad: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Tuesday reconfirmed Pakistan's commitment to the "war on terror" during a meeting with U.S....

Unnao (Uttar Pradesh): Fighter and transport aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) on Tuesday performed breathtaking touch-and-go landings on a stretch of...