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An independent commission appointed by Myanmar's government said Monday that war crimes were likely committed against the Rohingya ethnic minority by...

A Bangladesh court sentenced to death five former police officials on Monday for shooting dead 24 people in an anti-government protest, led by...

A fourth person has died from pneumonia in the central Chinese city of Wuhan following the outbreak of a new coronavirus, authorities have confirmed. The...

A rescue mission to find four South Korean climbers and three Nepali guides was put on hold Sunday as more avalanches descended on the popular Nepalese...

Public health authorities in the central Chinese city of Wuhan on Sunday announced 136 new cases of a deadly strain of coronavirus. Officials in the...

Iran agreed Saturday to send the black boxes to Ukraine from the passenger jet the Islamic Republic unintentionally shot down last week. Hassan Rezaeifer,...

Torrential downpours and flash floods drenched much of bushfire-ravaged eastern Australia on Friday, providing a second day of much-needed relief to...

Khagendra Thapa Magar, the world's shortest man died on Friday night at a hospital in Pokhara, Nepal, said his family. He was 27 years old. At a height...

Manila: Thousands of people were being evacuated south of the Philippine capital, Manila, on Sunday as Taal Volcano began to send clouds of ash and stone...

Muscat: Bangladesh, when formed in 1971, began with a negative GDP growth rate of -14%. Now things are looking good for the country, as it now has an...