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Poisoned Kim carried ‘antidote’

The half-brother of North Korea's leader was carrying bottles of the antidote to the toxin used when he was killed earlier this year, reports say. Kim Jong-nam died in February at Kuala Lumpur airport after highly toxic VX nerve agent...

Japan fixes date for emperor's abdication

Emperor Akihito will step down on April 30, 2019 -...

Strong 6.0 quake strikes Iran

A strong quake of magnitude 6.0 struck southeastern Iran near...

Gunmen kill 9 in Pakistan college

Taliban gunmen killing at least nine people and wounding 35,...

Taliban, disguised in burqas, attack Pakistan college

Pakistani Taliban gunmen disguised in all-enveloping burquas stormed the campus...

Israel demolishes structure in West Bank settlement

Israeli security forces demolished Wednesday an illegally-built carpentry workshop in...

Volcanic ash forces tourists to fly out of Bali

Airlines laid on extra flights to the Indonesian holiday island...

US drone hits Pak-Afghan border, kills three

At least three people have been killed after a US...

Powerful storms hit Sri Lanka, killing four

Storms with heavy rain and winds across the country have...

Pope calls for peace in Myanmar

Pope Francis called on the people of Myanmar on Wednesday...

North Korea fires 'highest ever' ballistic missile

North Korea has fired its highest-ever intercontinental ballistic missile and...

Clash kills 15 rebels in Philippine

Fifteen suspected communist rebels were killed and two others wounded...

Australian state passes law permitting euthanasia

Victoria on Wednesday became the first state in Australia to...

Bali airport to resume services after two-day hiatus

Bali airport will reopen on Wednesday afternoon, authorities said, two...

Cyclone Cempaka kills 19 in Indonesia

A tropical cyclone hit Indonesia's main island of Java has...

Six die of suffocation in India

Six men died while sleeping apparently due to suffocation inside...

Landmine blast kills 8 civilians in S. Afghan

Eight Afghan civilians were killed and two others wounded when...

Saudi detentions: Prince Miteb bin Abdullah released

Saudi Prince Miteb bin Abdullah has been released more than...

Japan detects radio signals pointing to NK missile test: source

Japan has detected radio signals suggesting North Korea for another...

India bus crash leaves seven dead

Head-on collision between two passenger buses at Latur-Nanded highway in...

Pope stresses unity in diversity

Pope Francis met leaders of several faiths in majority-Buddhist Myanmar...

Pope meeting Suu Kyi amid Rohingya crisis

Pope Francis spends his first full day in Myanmar travelling...

Reviewing 'adjustments' to arms for Syrian Kurds,says Pentagon

The Pentagon said on Monday it was reviewing “adjustments” in...

Suu Kyi loses Freedom of Oxford over Rohingya crisis

Aung San Suu Kyi has been formally stripped of the...

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