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Moscow: Russian authorities freed a prominent Crimean dissident from a psychiatric clinic on Wednesday after he was held there for almost a month and...

Cape Canaveral (Florida): A US astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts wrapped up a 172-day mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS) with a...

Paris: Gabon's re-elected President Ali Bongo shrugged off international calls for a recount of last week's disputed vote, saying it was a matter...

Beijing: It is too soon to downgrade the conservation status of China's giant pandas as they still face severe threats, a leading conservationist said,...

Vientiane: The Philippines said on Wednesday it was "gravely concerned" that Chinese boats were preparing to build structures at a disputed shoal...

Washington/Tampa: The US State Department and Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on Tuesday stressed the need for ties with the Philippines...

Jakarta: Inspired by the Philippines "war on drugs", Indonesia's anti-narcotics chief plans to aggressively ramp up the country's fight...

Sydney: An Australian opposition senator quit the shadow cabinet on Wednesday after saying he had failed to declare that a Chinese company had made payments...

Tokyo: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's promise that the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant was "under control" in his successful pitch...

Berlin: German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Wednesday the situation in the civil war in Syria was atrocious and urged the United States and Russia to...