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MANILA: The Philippines said Monday that it would make “coordinated efforts” with Taiwan to look into the fatal shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman but stopped short of a joint investigation.

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia: More than 1,000 Cambodians have turned out for the official annual ceremony honoring victims of the 1970s communist Khmer Rouge regime, blamed for the deaths of about 1.7 million

BRUSSELS: The European Union criticized Russia’s human rights record yesterday, saying it was increasingly concerned at a wave of restrictive legislation and prose

WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama will discuss the legality of his administration’s secret drone program and other counterterrorism practices during a speech Thur

TAIPEI: Thousands of Taiwanese marched through the capital Taipei yesterday urging the government to halt construction of a nearly completed nuclear power plant, citing

KANO: Nigerian soldiers yesterday sealed roads heading out of a key northeastern city, blocking supply routes to remote towns where Boko Haram Islamists have taken power

NAIROBI, Kenya: Police shot dead a couple suspected to be terrorists after they threw four grenades, wounding five officers in an overnight standoff, a police official s

KABUL: Afghan President Hamid Karzai will seek increased military aid from India during a three-day visit starting today and will discuss recent cross-border clashes wit

TIMIKA, Indonesia: Twelve workers have been confirmed dead after a mine tunnel collapse in eastern Indonesia, but 16 others are still unaccounted for five days after the