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No early Lanka presidential poll: Sirisena
Maithripala Sirisena on Saturday ruled out the possibility of a snap presidential poll in Sri Lanka ahead of schedule...
5.9-magnitude quake in China, four injured
An earthquake measuring 5.9 magnitude on the Richter scale jolted China's southwest Yunnan province on Saturday...
Duterte blames 'friend' Trump for Philippines economic woes
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Saturday blamed US President Donald Trump after inflation hit a nine-year high in the Philippines...
Pak to open Kartarpur border crossing with India for Sikh pilgrims: minister
Pakistan will soon open the Kartarpur border crossing with India for Sikh pilgrims to visit a historic gurdwara there without visas...
Toll from Japan quake rises to 18 as hopes fade for survivors
Japanese rescue workers with bulldozers and sniffer dogs scrabbled through the mud Friday to find survivors from a landslide...
Trump seeking to replace Mattis, claims report
US President Donald Trump is seeking to replace Defence Secretary Jim Mattis mainly because of the sharp differences between them...
India buying Russian missile system not primary focus of 2+2 talks: Pompeo
India buying a missile defence system from Russia and oil from Iran would be part of the 2+2 dialogue, but not the talks' primary focus...
5.5 magnitude quake strikes China's Xinjiang
A 5.5-magnitude earthquake jolted China's Jiashi County in the quake-prone Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on Tuesday...
Pak to elect new president
Pakistani lawmakers are electing a new President on Tuesday, a race in which the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf party's candidate Arif Alvi
Myanmar defends Suu Kyi's silence over jailed reporters
A global outcry over the jailing of two Reuters journalists in Myanmar has been greeted with silence by civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi...