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Tokyo: The U.N. refugee agency has urged Japan to resettle more asylum seekers, its chief said on Monday, pressuring the country to help solve a global...

Beijing: A fire in a Beijing apartment block that killed 19 people and injured eight has prompted authorities to order city-wide safety checks, state news...

New Delhi/Mumbai: India's ruling party on Monday ordered one of its senior members to apologise publicly after he offered a reward for anyone who...

California: Charles Manson, the wild-eyed cult leader who orchestrated a string of gruesome killings in Southern California by his "family" of...

Sydney: Rebel government lawmakers in Australia vowed on Monday to force a powerful inquiry into the country's scandal-hit banking sector, further...

Manila: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has not lifted a ban on open pit mining, his spokesman said on Monday, going against the stance of a government...

Manila: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has offered China the "privilege" of being his country's third telecoms operator, his spokesman...

Wellington: New Zealand and Australia have begun talks about screening procedures for asylum seekers holding out in a Papua New Guinea detention centre, New...

Seoul: North Korea may conduct additional missile tests this year to polish up its long-range missile technology and ramp up the threat against the United...

Naypyitaw: China called for a ceasefire in Myanmar's Rakhine State so that Rohingya Muslim refugees can return from Bangladesh, proposing a three-stage...