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Palong Khali (Bangladesh)/Naypyitaw (Myanmar): The UN refugee agency and other groups have urged a rethink of the plan to send Rohingya refugees back to...

Colombo: Sri Lanka on Tuesday signed its first comprehensive two-way free trade agreement (FTA) with Singapore, aiming to expand its export market and boost...

Kuala Lumpur: Trafficked into work and routinely abused, migrant fishermen in Thailand are still subject to forced labour despite efforts by the government...

Beijing/Shanghai: It seems like a game everyone wins: some of China's biggest tech companies, looking to hook in new consumers, are using cash prizes to...

Marawi City: Insurgents looted cash, gold and jewellery worth tens of millions of dollars when they occupied a southern Philippines town last year, treasure...

Singapore: Singapore's anti-corruption watchdog said it is reviewing the country's primary anti-graft law amid mounting pressure on the government...

Sydney/Kuala Lumpur: A US-based company has begun searching for Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, Malaysia said on Tuesday, as it tries to solve one of the...

Jakarta: Indonesia said on Tuesday it was pinning its hopes on US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis to help ease American limitations on ties with an elite...

Juba: South Sudanese rebels are holding two Kenyan pilots and will not release them until compensation is paid to the family of a civilian killed when their...

Rabat: Morocco's king appointed five new ministers on Monday, a government statement said, after several top officials were dismissed in October for...