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NEW DELHI: Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu was given a red carpet welcome on his first state visit to India on Monday…

Some netizens questioned the achievement, arguing that honorary doctorates are usually awarded to individuals who have made notable contributions to…

VIENTIANE: Myanmar will send a representative to a regional summit this week for the first time in three years, a diplomatic…

The transport ministry recalled more than 13,000 gas-fuelled buses last week to conduct safety checks. Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra said…

In May, the hotel started accepting cashless payments on WeChat Pay and Alipay in its bars, restaurants, hotel spa and…

NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) trailed in two provincial elections as votes were counted…

MANILA: Veteran Philippine politician Juan Ponce Enrile, a top aide of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr, was on Friday (Oct 4) acquitted…

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s painful austerity measures were “bearing fruit” and must be sustained, the International Monetary Fund said on Friday (Oct…

“WELCOME RELIEF” Countries including Malaysia and Indonesia have vocally opposed the new rules and the chorus of criticism grew louder…

MANILA: Philippine authorities have detained more than 250 people, most of them Chinese, in a raid on a suspected online scam…

JAKARTA: Diplomatic talks on Myanmar’s civil war will be held in Jakarta ahead of a regional summit convening next week, a…

HANOI: Vietnam plans to fund a US$67 billion high-speed railway entirely on its own in a demonstration of the Communist-run…