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TOKYO: A fire has razed a 250-year-old wooden temple in Japan, police said Friday, at a site that has been a place of...

RIYADH: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is set to host on Monday the 3rd Arab Economic, Social Development Summit which is scheduled to...

VIENNA:  U.N. nuclear inspectors failed to reach a deal with Iran to unblock an investigation into suspected atom bomb research, the head of...

BAMAKO: The Malian army has retaken the central town of Konna which fell to Islamist rebels advancing from the north and sparked French...

ISLAMABAD: A case officer investigating a corruption scandal involving Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf was found dead on Friday in Islamabad, officials said.  ...

MELBOURNE: World number one Novak Djokovic said Lance Armstrong should "suffer for his lies" after finally admitting doping Friday, but insisted tennis was...

MANILA: Thirty-four Filipinos working at the Algerian gas field where dozens of foreigners are feared dead in a hostage incident have been flown...

TOKYO: Tokyo stocks soared 2.86 percent on Friday to a 33-month high, boosted by a weaker yen, upbeat Chinese economic data and solid...

KARACHI: Shops, businesses and schools shut Friday across Pakistan's financial capital Karachi, braced for further unrest after the murder of a politician and...

NEW DELHI: India's Supreme Court ruled Friday that the case of two Italian marines accused of murdering Indian fishermen while guarding an oil...

TOKYO: Sony said Friday it was selling its US headquarters in Manhattan for $1.1 billion as part of an overhaul aimed at rescuing...

Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yodhoyono (second left) inspects the flooded presidential palace compound in Jakarta, yesterday. JAKARTA: Heavy monsoon rain triggered severe flooding...

YANGON: Cronies of Myanmar’s military junta, which kept democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi under house arrest for nearly two decades, have reached...

DHAKA: Prosecutors sought the death sentence yesterday for a top Bangladeshi opposition figure who is expected to be the first person convicted by...

COLOMBO:  An Iranian cargo vessel at the centre of a financial row with a German lender fled Sri Lanka yesterday despite warnings to...

BANGKOK: More than 130 Rohingya migrants have landed on Thai soil in less than 24 hours, a local official said yesterday, as the...

    BANGKOK: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited Thailand yesterday, part of a three-country Southeast Asian tour to consolidate business ties in one of...

Border Security Force soldiers patrol along the India-Pakistan border in Abdulian, 38km southwest of Jammu, yesterday. New Delhi: Talks between India and Pakistan...