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A veteran opposition leader in Kyrgyzstan was arrested on corruption charges, security services said yesterday, as political tensions mount in the Central Asian country ahead of a November presidential poll. …

A Hazmat team conducts checks at KLIA2 airport terminal in Sepang, Malaysia February 26, 2017. REUTERS photo Malaysia on Sunday declared its international airport a “safe zone” after completing a …

Supporters and opponents of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte turned a traditional celebration of the 1986 “People Power” uprising into demonstrations for and against his bloody war on drugs. Former president …

Nurse during surgery (illustration) An elderly gang leader became mad after a nurse botched his penis enlargement procedure, according to police in Japan. Fukuoka police have arrested 41-year-old Yoshinobu Nakata, …

Malaysia’s Royal Police Chief Khalid Abu Bakar (C) speaks next to a screen showing North Korean Hyon Kwang Song during a news conference regarding the apparent assassination of Kim Jong …

Reuters photo A fierce blaze at a hotel in southeastern China killed 10 people, the official Xinhua news agency said in a post on its official microblog on Saturday. The …

A still image from a CCTV footage appears to show a woman (circled in red, behind counter staff) wearing a white shirt walking away after accosting a man purported to …

File photo from a previous bomb explosion in Lahore earlier this month A bomb blast in an upscale shopping centre in Pakistan’s eastern city of Lahore killed at least eight …

AP photo A former leader of Hong Kong was sentenced on Feb. 22 to 20 months in prison for misconduct after failing to disclose plans to rent a luxury apartment …

Former Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang, his wife Selina and son Thomas arrive at the High Court in Hong Kong Former Hong Kong leader Donald Tsang was jailed for …