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Myanmar’s boisterous election campaign draws to a close Friday, two days before milestone polls that could finally propel Aung San Suu Kyi’s …

US President Barack Obama and Britain’s prime minister both believe a bomb may have downed a Russian plane in Egypt, with reports Friday suggesting their …

China will restart initial public offerings, state-run media reported Friday, after suspending them in July as part of a rescue package to rein in a rout that …

The long-secret text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership free-trade deal was released Thursday to support from business but vows by labor, environmental and …

Maldives’ Parliament voted overwhelmingly on Thursday to impeach the country’s vice president, who will be charged with terrorism for plotting to …

Rescue workers investigate at the crash site of the Russian passenger airplane which crashed at the Hassana area in Arish city, north Egypt, on November 1, …

Turks woke on Monday to a country once again under the sole control of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s Justice and Development Party, which swept back into …

A Spanish court on Friday convicted a couple of drugging and suffocating their 12-year-old adopted Chinese daughter, in a case that has drawn the attention of …

A popular folk singer was arrested in southern India on Friday for allegedly writing and singing a song that criticised the local government over state-owned …

TOKYO (AFP) – The Bank of Japan Friday held fire on expanding its massive stimulus programme despite more weak data as the world’s number three …