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Hanoi: Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday promised Vietnam six new patrol boats during a visit to the Southeast Asian country locked in a...

Yangon: Myanmar launched a new public transport system in its largest city on Monday, for the first time introducing regular bus lines, timetables and...

Dhaka: Twenty-six people, including a former city councillor extradited from India and three senior officers from Bangladesh's elite security force,...

Hong Kong: China on Monday approved the resignations of two of Hong Kong's top officials, including its financial secretary, paving the way for them to...

Beijing: China will "take off the gloves" and take strong action if US President-elect Donald Trump continues to provoke Beijing over Taiwan once...

Kiev: US Vice President Joe Biden said on Monday that "the international community" must stand up against Russian aggression and urged the...

Seoul: South Korea's special prosecutor on Monday sought a warrant to arrest the head of Samsung Group, the country's largest conglomerate, accusing...

New Delhi: Issuing a warning, Indian Army Chief General Bipin Rawat on Sunday said the soldiers who take to social media to air their grievances could be...

Mumbai: A Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) bus was gutted in a fire, triggered by a blast in the engine, at Chakala in suburban Andheri on...

BOGOR (Indonesia): Indonesia and Japan have agreed to step up maritime security and start discussions on a major railway project to link the Southeast Asian...