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Aboard Air Force One: Donald Trump said on Monday that he would not run for vice president in the 2028 American election, a move some supporters suggest would allow him to skirt term limits and stay...

Kuala Lumpur:  US President Donald Trump started his Asia tour in Malaysia Sunday with a flurry of signatures, rewarding feuding neighbours Cambodia and Thailand with trade deals after co-signing...

Kolkata - India and China resume direct flights on Sunday after a five-year suspension, a move that is important for both trade and as a symbolic step as Asia's giants cautiously rebuild...

Islamabad, Pakistan - Pakistan's state-owned airline resumed direct flights to Britain on Saturday, after UK authorities had ended a five-year suspension imposed over aviation safety concerns.The...

KUALA LUMPUR - Top economic officials from the U.S. and China kick-started talks in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday to avert an escalation of their trade war and ensure that a meeting happens next week...

London- Oil prices surged more than five percent Thursday after US President Donald Trump targeted Russia's key oil industry with new sanctions in a bid to end the war in Ukraine.The...

 India has proposed sweeping new regulations to govern artificial intelligence, aiming to curb a surge in misinformation and deepfake videos in the world's most populous nation.The Ministry of...

LONDON - India has more work to do in halting sales of toxic cough syrup, despite some progress, a World Health Organization official told Reuters, after at least 24 children died following...

Tokyo - Sanae Takaichi, a staunch conservative who admires Margaret Thatcher, is expected to become Japan's first woman prime minister Tuesday, but analysts say her rise does not necessarily...

Dubai - Growth has accelerated in Middle Eastern and North African countries this year despite global uncertainty and conflicts in the region, according to an IMF report published on Tuesday."Despite...

Hong Kong:  Equity markets rose Monday after conciliatory comments from Donald Trump at the weekend eased worries about China-US trade tensions, while Tokyo stocks surged to a record on news of a...

Mumbai - India's longest-running film celebrates 30 years in the same cinema on Monday, a Bollywood romance so beloved that fans know it simply by its acronym "DDLJ".First released on October 20,...

 Bangladeshi traders on Sunday assessed heavy losses after a devastating fire tore through the cargo complex of the country's main international airport, as the government opened an...

Pakistan and Afghanistan agreed to an "immediate ceasefire" at talks in Doha, after at least 10 Afghans were killed in Pakistani air strikes that broke an earlier truce.For more than a week, the South...

Manila - Tropical Storm Fengshen killed a family of five Sunday as it ploughed across the Philippines' main island, Luzon, police and disaster officials said.The family, including two children...

 Pollution levels in India's capital shaped Natasha Uppal and her husband's decision on parenthood -- either raise their child away from the city, or stay put and remain childless.New Delhi...

Washington:  US President Donald Trump said Tuesday he "will decide what I think is right" on a long-term solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.Trump made a brief visit to the Middle East to...

Jerusalem: The bodies of four Israeli hostages who died in captivity in Gaza were handed over to the Red Cross by Hamas on Monday."The Red Cross has received two coffins of deceased hostages and are...

Jerusalem: The bodies of two dead Israeli hostages held in Gaza were handed over to the Red Cross by Hamas on Monday, the Israeli military said, adding that the remains of two additional captives are...

At least 40 people including nationals of Malawi and Zimbabwe were killed when a passenger bus rolled down an embankment in South Africa, a provincial transport minister said Monday.The bus travelling...