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Hong Kong: A Hong Kong court on Monday cleared a pro-democracy activist and former lawmaker of misconduct while in public office for allegedly failing to...

Jakarta: Indonesia is probably only stopping a fraction of what could be hundreds of tonnes of methamphetamine flooding in from countries such as China,...

Manila: The Philippines' environment minister Roy Cimatu said on Monday he would not lift a ban on open-pit mining imposed in April in an anti-pollution...

Bangkok: Up to 80 per cent of Thailand's tsunami warning system needs maintenance work, the deputy director-general of its disaster prevention...

Yangon: Police in Myanmar said on Monday they had detained one of the country's best known journalists, months after a social media clash with firebrand...

Tokyo: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe spoke with U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday and agreed on the need for more action on North Korea just hours...

Sydney: Stricter screening of passengers and luggage at Australian airports will stay in place indefinitely after police foiled an alleged plot to bring...

Kabul: Militant group IS claimed responsibility for an attack on the Iraqi embassy in Kabul on Monday that began with a suicide bomber blowing himself up at...

Islamabad: A close ally of ousted Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Monday submitted papers in parliament to become the new premier, part of a...