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Shanghai: Days after taking over as China's leader in 2012, Xi Jinping led other top Communist Party officials to Beijing's National Museum to visit...

Sydney: Australian private security vacated an asylum seeker detention centre in Papua New Guinea (PNG) ahead of its planned closure on Tuesday, detainees...

Tokyo: Japan will curb asylum seekers' rights to work and detain any not deemed refugees or who have made multiple applications, the Yomiuri daily...

Tokyo: NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg urged all United Nation members on Tuesday to fully and transparently implement sanctions against North Korea, which he...

Tokyo: A Japanese man was arrested on Tuesday after parts of a dismembered body were found in a picnic cooler in his apartment, police said, although media...

Yangon: The United Nations named a new interim U.N. resident coordinator for Myanmar on Tuesday, appointing Knut Ostby of Norway to take over the...

Bangkok: Thailand's military government on Tuesday said it will not yet lift a ban on political activity, despite a general election scheduled for next...

Cox's Bazar (Bangladesh): Four Rohingya Muslims, a man, woman and two children, drowned when a small wooden fishing boat carrying dozens of refugees...

Manila: Philippine troops on Tuesday killed a pro-IS gunman in the southern city of Marawi, a military official said, eight days after the government...

London: Controversies over fake news have damaged trust in media in the United States and elsewhere, but the impact is far worse for social media and...