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Yangon: Myanmar rebuffed Malaysia on Saturday for organising a meeting of Muslim governments to put pressure on Myanmar over the plight of Rohingya Muslims...

Beijing: Relations between China and Taiwan this year will be "even more complex and grim" and Beijing will resolutely oppose any form of...

Seoul: South Korean prosecutors arrested the culture minister on Saturday, on suspicion of abuse of power for drawing up a blacklist of artists, writers and...

Kabul: Afghanistan's continued descent into crisis is forcing the country to increasingly rely on humanitarian aid that can only provide short-term...

Washington: President Donald Trump directed government agencies on Friday to freeze regulations and take steps to weaken Obamacare, using his first hours in...

Washington: A day ahead of his inauguration as the 45th President of the United States, Donald Trump on Friday said he is going to unite the country as he...

At least 75 people, including 45 firefighters, were injured when a blazing high-rise commercial building in downtown Tehran collapsed, Iranian state...

Italy: An avalanche hit a small hotel in the mountains of central Italy overnight after a series of strong earthquakes in the area, and up to 30 people...

Beirut: After years of political deadlock, Lebanon finally has a new government. Now it needs a new economy. Battered by war in neighbouring Syria,...