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Jakarta: Only a year ago, this stretch of the Ciliwung river in Indonesia's capital was foul-smelling and clogged by a thick layer of floating plastic...

Jakarta: Indonesian authorities have issued a warning to airline PT Citilink Indonesia after videos circulated appearing to show an intoxicated pilot from...

Tokyo: Japan has approached China and South Korea about holding a trilateral summit in Tokyo in February aimed at deepening cooperation on such issues as a...

Seoul: A South Korean court issued an arrest warrant on Saturday for the head of the national pension fund, the world's third largest, in a corruption...

Moscow: President Barack Obama has sanctioned Russia, expelled 35 Russian officials and shut down two Russian-owned compounds in the US over alleged Russian...

Lucknow: Prospects of Bihar-type grand coalition in Uttar Pradesh for the upcoming assembly polls ended on Wednesday, with Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam...

New Delhi: The cabinet on Wednesday approved promulgation of an ordinance to impose a penalty, including a jail term, for possession of the scrapped 500 and...

Washington: US Secretary of State John Kerry warned on Wednesday that the future of a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was in...

Dubai: Iran has warned off foreign surveillance planes that have tried to approach its forces during air defence exercises, an Iranian military spokesman...

New Delhi: Career bureaucrat Anil Baijal was on Wednesday appointed as the new lieutenant governor of Delhi, a post which has fallen vacant after sudden...