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Tokyo: Election campaigning in Japan began in earnest on Tuesday with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe seeking to repel an upstart new party that has pledged to...

Tokyo: A district court in Fukushima prefecture on Tuesday ruled that Tokyo Electric Power and the Japanese government were liable for damages totalling...

Cox's Bazar (Bangladesh): The World Health Organization (WHO) began distributing 900,000 doses of cholera vaccine on Tuesday in Bangladesh’s camps for...

Manila: Philippine lawmakers rejected President Rodrigo Duterte's choice of health secretary on Tuesday, making her the fifth cabinet member to have...

Bangkok: Thailand will hold a general election in November 2018, Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha said on Tuesday, the most precise date he has given yet...

London: Iran said on Tuesday that the United States would be "joining the terrorists' camp" if it chose to designate its elite Revolutionary...

Santa Rosa (California): Wildfires fanned by strong winds swept through northern California's wine country on Monday, killing at least 10 people,...

Stockholm: U.S. academic Richard Thaler, who helped popularise the idea of "nudging" people towards doing what was best for them, won the 2017...