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MUMBAI - India will start withdrawing its highest value currency notes from circulation, the central bank said on Friday (May 19),...

Timor-Leste heads to the polls in parliamentary election

JAKARTA - Timor-Leste voters headed to the polls on Sunday (May 21) in a parliamentary election that analysts said would likely...

Pakistan ex-PM Imran Khan refuses home search by police, sets his own terms

LAHORE, Pakistan - Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday (May 19) refused police permission to search his Lahore...

Myanmar junta says 145 died in cyclone, NGOs fear higher toll

Myanmar's military-controlled media said on Friday (May 19) 145 people were killed when Cyclone Mocha hit the country this week,...

‘War is not an option’, Taiwan president says amid China tensions

TAIPEI - Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen vowed on Saturday (May 20) to maintain the status quo of peace and stability...

Women, children trek miles in summer heat to get water near Mumbai

TELAMWADI, India - Women and children in a hamlet near India's financial capital used buckets to draw water from a well...

In symbolic Hiroshima, US allies size up an ascendant China and unpredictable Russia

TOKYO - US President Joe Biden and Japan's Fumio Kishida met for talks in the deeply symbolic city of Hiroshima on...

North Korea criticises US, South Korea military drills as ‘nuclear blackmail’

SEOUL - North Korea accused the US and South Korea of ramping up "nuclear blackmail" with joint military drills, pledging to...

US, Taiwan reach deal on first part of 21st Century trade pact

WASHINGTON - The US and Taiwan reached agreement on the first part of their 21st Century trade initiative, covering customs and border procedures,...

South Korean nurses strike after Yoon vetoes bill on pay, working conditions