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Sydney: Indian Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday said India needs to further ease its business processes to boost foreign and domestic investments,...

Tokyo: Standing out from Japan's myriad of girl bands can be a daunting task, but one group, the "Kamen Joshi", or "Masked Girls" in...

Beijing: At a registry office in Beijing, Sun Xiangshu and Shi Ci pose for photographs, their wedding certificates in hand, having just officially become...

Tokyo: Laws loosening the limits of Japan's pacifist constitution on its military took effect on Tuesday as surveys showed the public remained divided...

Bangkok: Thailand's junta-appointed charter committee handed over a draft constitution to the military government at an auspicious time on Tuesday, the...

Yangon: Myanmar President Thein Sein, in a surprise move hours before leaving office, lifted a state of emergency in the restive western state of Rakhine,...

Seoul: North Korea test fired a short-range missile on its east coast on Tuesday, South Korea's military said, amid heightened tension over the isolated...

Larnaca (Cyprus)/Cairo: An EgyptAir plane flying from Alexandria to Cairo was hijacked and forced to land in Cyprus on Tuesday by a man with what...

Washington: A man walked into the underground US Capitol Visitor Center on Monday and was shot and wounded by police after he pointed what appeared to be a...

Jammu: Peoples Democratic Party leader Mehbooba Mufti, set to be the first woman chief minister of Indian-administered-Kashmir, is likely to be sworn-in on...