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Manila: The police force in Manila is so underfunded that officers say they have to buy their own bullets and it is not uncommon for funeral service cars to...

Jakarta: Indonesian President Joko Widodo has called for a review of a programme to develop 35 gigawatts of power-generating capacity by 2019 as the...

Beijing: The purported personal details of numerous Chinese business moguls and poltically-connected elite have been posted to an anonymous Twitter account,...

Beijing: China's state prosecutor on Friday formally charged a former senior aide to retired president Hu Jintao with taking bribes, illegally obtaining...

Johannesburg: South Africa's High Court on Friday gave the green light for a class action suit seeking damages from the gold mining sector on behalf of...

Brasilia: A majority of Brazil's Senate indicated on Thursday it will vote to put President Dilma Rousseff on trial for breaking budget laws, signalling...

Dhaka: Clashes broke out between activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and police in several Bangladesh cities on Wednesday after the execution of the top Islamist...

Malaysia: Malaysia on Thursday said the two more pieces of plane debris found in South Africa and Mauritius "almost certainly" belonged to its...

London: Italian finance minister Pier Carlo Padoan said on Wednesday that a British exit from the European Union could lead to other countries breaking away...

Panaji: The Indian Navy on Wednesday 'de-inducted' its ageing Sea Harriers, replacing them with MiG 29K fighter aircraft. Chief of the Naval Staff...