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Sri Lankan president to lift parliament suspension

Sri Lanka's president has lifted the suspension of parliament and scheduled a meeting of the legislature on November 5, according to his newly-appointed prime minister, in a highly anticipated move observers hope will end a bitter power struggle. President Maithripala...

Ousted Sri Lanka PM refuses to leave post

The man at the centre of Sri Lanka's political crisis...

Kazakh president invites Saudi king, crown prince to visit

Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev, who has close ties to Turkish...

Myanmar officials try to convince Rohingyas to return, accept ID cards

Myanmar officials visited camps for Rohingya Muslim refugees in Bangladesh...

Indonesian divers retrieve black box from crashed Lion Air jet

Indonesian divers have retrieved a black box from a Lion...

Khashoggi murder outcry threatens US-Saudi ties: Saudi prince

The outcry in the United States demonising Saudi Arabia over...

Iran summons Danish envoy over ‘deadly Tehran plot’

Iran on Wednesday summoned the Danish ambassador to Tehran over...

Saudi prosecutor discusses Khashoggi case with Turkish intelligence

Saudi Arabia’s public prosecutor held talks overnight with Turkish intelligence...

Pakistan Islamists protest after Christian woman freed in blasphemy case

Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Wednesday freed a Christian woman from...

Afghan army helicopter crash kills all 25 on board

An Afghan official says an army helicopter carrying senior officials...

Rescuers begin mission to free 30 trapped in Philippines landslide

Philippine rescue teams worked to free at least 30 people...

Suicide blast kills six near Kabul prison

A suicide bomber blew himself up near the gate of...

Indonesia hunts for plane crash victims, black box recorders

Indonesia on Tuesday stepped up a search for an airliner...

Strong quake rattles New Zealand

An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 struck New Zealand’s north island...

Sri Lanka police arrest sacked minister over shooting

Sri Lankan police arrested deposed oil minister Arjuna Ranatunga on...

5.4 magnitude quake shakes Japan’s Torishima Island

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.4 struck the...

Blast near Afghanistan election commission HQ injures six

A suicide bomber detonated explosives near Afghanistan’s election commission headquarters...

Indonesia plane crashes with 188 passengers on board

A Lion Air flight with at least 188 people on...

Guard of Sri Lankan 'sacked' minister opens fire

Three people were injured in Sri Lanka on Sunday when...

Pakistan restores ban on Indian TV channels

Pakistan's Supreme Court has reinstated a ban on the transmission...

S Korea begins airlift of tourists trapped by Super Typhoon Yutu

South Korea's government has started military flights to rescue nationals...

Khashoggi murder: Saudi FM describes global outcry as 'hysterical'

Saudi Arabia's foreign minister Adel al-Jubeir has said the global...

Sri Lanka President suspends parliament amid political turmoil

Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena has suspended the country's parliament...

Suicide bombing claims five lives in central Afghanistan

At least five people were killed and 15 more wounded...

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