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SEOUL, South Korea: South Korea on Thursday said it will launch a task force to consider outlawing dog meat consumption after the country's president...

MOSCOW: At least six people have died and dozens were trapped after a fire in a coal mine in the Kemerovo region of Russia's...

CANBERRA, Australia: Australia announced Thursday it was sending police, troops and diplomats to the Solomon Islands to help after anti-government demonstrators defied lockdown orders...

TOKYO: Japanese Ambassador to Afghanistan OKADA Takashi held talks with the Taliban in Kabul in November, Japan's Foreign Ministry said on Thursday. According to...

MANILA: The Philippines will not remove a dilapidated navy ship grounded on an atoll in the South China Sea, its defense chief said on...

MOGADISHU, Somalia: A large explosion outside a school in Somalia's capital on Thursday has killed at least five people, including students, witnesses said. The...

WASHINGTON: The Biden administration's vaccine mandate for millions of federal workers seems to be working, with no apparent disruption to law enforcement, intelligence-gathering or...

MANILA: Philippine police said on Wednesday that the local authorities would proceed with their investigation into alleged abuses and extrajudicial killings under President Rodrigo...

DHAKA: Bangladesh's first homegrown coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine will start human trials next month following ethical approval from the country's top medical body, its...

NAIROBI: Ethiopia's Nobel Peace Prize-winning prime minister has gone to the battlefront, his government announced Wednesday, after the leader said martyrdom might be necessary...