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Asia became less democratic in 2017

Burhaan Kinu / Hindustan Times / Getty ImagesJuly 2017: Protesters in New Delhi take part...

ISI trained terrorist involved in Kabul hotel attack: Afghanistan envoy

The hotel attack was followed by a Taliban-claimed ambulance bombing on January 27 in the...

It's cats and T-rex versus humanoids, as robots take over jobs in Japan

JAPAN: As the founder of Robot Technology Corp, Ms Yukiko Nakagawa believes that the only...

Malaysia raps Mahathir meeting with EU envoys

Malaysia has criticized the federal opposition alliance’s meeting with senior EU ambassadors last week and...

Pak, China sign five agreements in Gwadar

A second agreement was signed between Gwadar and HATA Trade City.The agreements declared Pakistan’s Gwadar...

Myanmar vows to improve company registry, cut red tape

Myanmar plans to launch an electronic company-registry system this year and boost its efforts to...

Billionaire Saudi prince freed from custody

Saudi Arabian billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, one of the kingdom’s top international businessmen, was...

North Korea's nuclear missiles 'most serious and imminent problem': S Korea minister

South Korea's Minister of National Defense Song Young-moo speaking at the International Institute for Strategic...

Kabul on high alert after ambulance bomb toll tops 100

Afghan volunteers carry bodies at the scene of a car bomb which exploded in front...

Factory worker in Malaysia dies after head caught in paper grinding machine

GEORGETOWN: A factory worker was killed after his head was caught in a paper grinding...

Hacked Japanese cryptocurrency exchange to repay owners $425 million

Tomohiro Ohsumi | Getty ImagesTokyo-based cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck said on Sunday it would return about...

In Japan, a crisis as loved ones with dementia go missing, some for years

Thousands of them wander off each year, alarming their families and stretching police resources. The...

Saudi prince Alwaleed bin Talal released after reaching financial settlement

 A senior Saudi official said Prince Alwaleed was freed after he reached a financial settlement...

Nearly 100 dead in Kabul blast; Taliban claims responsibility

A bomb hidden in an ambulance killed at least 95 people and wounded about 158...

Jung Chang calls Chinese history as she sees it

Jung Chang, author of the celebrated memoir Wild Swans (1991) recounting the suffering of her...

Heavy snow causes travel havoc in central, southern China

Heavy snow continued to affect parts of China on Saturday, closing highways, causing train and...