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9 activists sentenced to death for attacking PM Hasina 25 years ago

A Bangladeshi court on Wednesday sentenced nine activists of a Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) led...

Iran will enrich uranium to 'any amount we want': Hassan Rouhani

Iran's President warned that Tehran will increase its enrichment of uranium to "any amount that...

Pentagon says China missile test in South China Sea 'disturbing'

The Pentagon said on Tuesday (Jul 2) a recent Chinese missile launch in the South...

Dam bursts in India after rains, killing six

Heavy monsoon rains caused the breach of a small dam in western India, washing away...

Bodies of 2 sisters found in Malaysia canal

The bodies of two girls were found in a canal in the northern state of...

Japan's Kagoshima city orders 600,000 residents into evacuation centres, safe areas due to heavy rains

Japan's southern city of Kagoshima on Wednesday (Jul 3) ordered its nearly 600,000 residents to...

Riot police clear away protests from Hong Kong legislature

Hundreds of protesters swarmed into Hong Kong’s legislature Monday night, defacing portraits of lawmakers and...

Suspecting affair, Pak man kills wife, 2 children, 6 others of her family

A man shot his wife, their two children, and six of her family members on...

Leading Pak newspaper asks army chief not to 'encroach' on political realm

Unfazed by Pakistan's powerful military, a leading newspaper has criticised army chief General Qamar Javed...

Beijing backs criminal probe after Hong Kong 'illegal actions'

China's central government condemned on Tuesday (Jul 2) the ransacking of Hong Kong's legislature and...

Taiwan president to visit US this month, move likely to anger China

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen will spend four nights in the United States this month while...

N. Korea upbeat on Trump-Kim surprise meeting as a chance to push nuclear talks

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump agreed at their meeting...

8 election commission employees killed in Afghanistan

At least eight election commission employees were killed in a Taliban attack in southern Afghanistan,...

'We have chemistry' and other 'surreal' quotes from historic Trump-Kim meet

It was a historic first as Donald Trump stepped over a small concrete block onto...

G-20 summit: PM Modi backs fight against economic fugitives

At the G-20 summit in Osaka on Saturday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi pitched for strong...

Watch: Dalai Lama stands his ground for 'attractive female successor' statement

Dalai Lama in an interview with BBC News said that if his successor is female,...