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KIEV: The Ukrainian people will cast their votes on Sunday to elect the country’s president for a five-year term, in a vote that is...

WASHINGTON: The United States has suspended $3.5 million worth of military aid to Thailand and urged the Thailand’s armed forces to restore civilian rule...

BANGKOK: The Thailand’s army has arrested former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra after overthrowing her caretaker government in a coup.A number of Yingluck Shinawatra’s family...

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka has urged Norway to immediately handover a leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) so that he can be...

BANGKOK: The Thailand’s army on Friday banned 155 prominent figures including ousted government leaders Yingluck Shinawatra and Niwattumrong Boonsongpaisan from leaving the country without...

TRIPOLI: The Libyan parliamentary elections will be held on June 25, the country’s interim parliament has announced. "It is decided that June 25 will be...

SHANGHAI: The Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Thursday that an agreement with the six world powers including five permanent members of the UN...

BANGKOK: The Thailand's army chief General Prayuth Chan-ocha seized control of the government on Thursday, a move he described as taken to restore order...

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka has said that it is being penalised by interested parties for eradicating terrorism in the country. "Regrettably, the eradication of terrorism in...

BEIJING: At least 31 persons were killed and more than 90 others injured when explosions occurred at a market in Urumqi, the capital of...