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Colombo : Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe has announced his candidacy for the upcoming presidential election set to be held on September 21.He...

Australia took steps on Saturday to ban mining at an Indigenous site surrounded by Kakadu National Park, which is home to one of the world's largest...

Naypyitaw : Speaking at the 4th Annual Meeting of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) Security...

Tokyo: At least four people were missing in Japan after heavy rains led to rivers bursting their banks, authorities said on Friday.Some 200,000 people were...

Manila: Philippines' authorities on Friday were racing to contain an oil spill from a tanker that sank in Manila Bay on Thursday. The ship, transporting...

Vientiane: Speaking at the ASEAN meeting at Vientiane, Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday said that political, economic and security...

New Delhi : The Indian Navy carried out a successful medical evacuation of a Chinese mariner from a bulk carrier off Mumbai, responding to a distress...

Vientiana: Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar held meetings with counterparts from Norway and Cambodia on the sidelines of ASEAN meetings in...

Manila: Floods on Thursday hit the Philippine capital after deadly Typhoon Gaemi worsened torrential monsoon rains that lashed the area, trapping thousands...

Taipei: Taiwan's Central Emergency Operation Center said Thursday a cargo ship had sunk after Typhoon Gaemi passed over the island overnight.Freighter...