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Kabul: Afghanistan plans to double the number of elite special forces from 17,000 troops, officials said, part of a long-term strategy to bolster units...

Chicago: A paralysed man in Cleveland fed himself mashed potatoes for the first time in eight years, aided by a computer-brain interface that reads his...

Johannesburg: South Africa's currency and bonds weakened again on Wednesday as expectations rise that President Jacob Zuma will sack finance minister...

Sydney: Australia's foreign minister held an emergency meeting with the Chinese ambassador in the wake of Canberra's failure to ratify an...

Beijing/Taipei: A Taiwan man who had gone missing in China is being investigated on suspicion of harming national security, China's government said on...

Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia briefly prevented a North Korean ship carrying coal from entering its port in Penang because of a suspected breach of United Nations...

Manila: The heist of $81 million from the Bangladesh central bank's account at the New York Federal Reserve last year was "state-sponsored,"...

Jakarta: Indonesians led by hardline groups plan to march to the presidential palace in the capital Jakarta on Friday, calling for the city's governor...