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Ties with US, North Korea make Singapore optimum summit site
Singapore's diplomatic ties with North Korea and its relative proximity made the small Southeast Asian nation a natural choice for the...
UN chief asks for halt to 'all hostile acts' in Middle East
UN Secretary-General Guterres is urging an immediate halt to "all hostile acts" to avoid "a new conflagration...
Sri Lanka vows to quicken corruption trials with new courts
Sri Lanka has passed a new bill to establish courts to speedily try cases related to corruption and bribery as the government today vowed...
Delight and disbelief: Malaysians celebrate ousting scandal-hit PM
Delight, disbelief and a degree of apprehension about a former strongman taking the reins of power again...
At least 41 killed as dam bursts in Kenya, officials say
A dam burst its banks in Kenya's Rift Valley, killing at least 41 people and forcing hundreds from their homes, officials said today...
NASA spacecraft discovers new magnetic process in space
Scientists have discovered a new type of magnetic event in our near-Earth environment, by using data provided by a NASA spacecraft...
Nepal all set to welcome PM Modi
Nepal is all set to welcome Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is arriving in the country tomorrow for a two-day state visit..
Officials: 21 bodies recovered after dam burst in Kenya
Kenyan officials say a dam has burst its banks in the country's rift valley, forcing hundreds of people from their homes...
Netanyahu to meet Putin amid new round of Syria strikes
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu traveled to Moscow today, where he and President Vladimir Putin will discuss military...
US set to reimpose sanctions on Iran after Trump junks N-deal
With President Donald Trump junking the landmark nuclear deal with Iran, the US will now reimpose the stringent sanctions it placed...