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Ashoro (Japan): A 112-year-old Japanese man born months before Albert Einstein published his theory of special relativity was recognised on Tuesday as the...

Belfast/Dublin: The leaders who brokered a peace deal for Northern Ireland in 1998 marked its 20th anniversary on Tuesday by warning that a hardening...

Hanoi: Vietnamese human rights activists and independent media groups have written to Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook Inc's chief executive, questioning...

New Delhi: Deaths and injuries from train collisions or derailment in India more than halved to 254 people last fiscal year from a year ago, railways data...

Berlin: German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Tuesday the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline cannot go ahead without clarity on Ukraine's role as a gas...

Colombo: Sri Lankan police have arrested two army corporals for their suspected involvement in anti-Muslim riots in the central highlands district of Kandy...

Kaiyuan (China): A man in northeastern China who always wanted to own an aircraft is doing the next best thing: building a full-scale replica of an Airbus...

Manila: The Philippine Supreme Court began hearing arguments on Tuesday on a government bid to invalidate the appointment of the court's top judge, whom...

Istanbul: Singapore's Temasek and Britain's Metric Capital have bought into Nusr-Et steakhouse owner D.ream in a deal valuing the Turkish firm at...