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LAGOS ― Muhammadu Buhari, who has claimed victory in Nigeria’s most closely fought presidential election, is not a man who is easily put off. He tried …

Elton John sings that it’s all written in the stars. Others beg to differ ― believing that fate, and luck, is all in handwriting. At least, that is what …

Eight years and three months in a Myanmar jail did nothing to soften, let alone change, U Wirathu, the notorious monk who has become the face of right-wing …

Pen Samitthy, the editor-in-chief of Cambodia’s largest daily newspaper Rasmei Kampuchea, passed away from an illness on March 30. He was 54 years old. He …

DUBAI ― Saudi-led airstrikes alone are unlikely to crush Iranian-backed Yemeni rebels but a ground incursion would risk a bloody “quagmire” and …

Arab League member states (11 countries ― Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Morocco, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Turkey, UAE) have agreed in …

South Korea and Vietnam have initialed their free trade agreement that aims to boost bilateral trade by removing tariffs and other barriers, the government …

Japan will risk “severe damage” to its leadership if it misses important opportunities on the horizon this year, South Korea’s top diplomat …

The United Nations evacuated staff from war-torn Yemen on Saturday as Russia warned Saudi-led air strikes on Iranian-backed rebels were affecting crunch …

Singapore’s founding leader Lee Kuan Yew will be given an elaborate state funeral Sunday, ending a week of mourning for the man who led the city-state to …