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KARACHI: Pakistani police arrested dozens of people in a crackdown on more than 90 seminaries in Karachi, following a series of sectarian shootings in the...

Manila: President Rodrigo Duterte ordered the cancellation on Monday of Philippine's purchase of police rifles from the United States, after US...

Phnom Penh: Cambodia on Monday jailed an opposition senator for seven years over his Facebook posting of a fake government pledge to dissolve the border...

Jakarta: Indonesian President Joko Widodo called for calm after a violent protest by hardliners last week, yet it was his khaki bomber jacket that excited...

Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak is facing grumblings back home that he is "selling off" his country after returning from China...

Bangkok: Thailand's rice committee announced new loan schemes worth $514 million on Monday to help rice growers struggling with falling prices as...

Beijing: China adopted a controversial cyber security law on Monday to counter what Beijing says are growing threats such as hacking and terrorism, but the...

Hong Kong/Beijing: China's parliament passed a ruling on Monday that effectively bars two elected Hong Kong pro-independence politicians from taking...

Moscow: The Kremlin said on Monday Russia's air force would stick to the ceasefire in Syria's Aleppo unless militants launch an offensive. "The...

Switzerland: A deal to reunite the divided island of Cyprus is within reach, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Monday as he opened a...