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Russian President Vladmir Putin has signed a decree to call up 130,000 young citizens for an autumn draft that starts in October. The move comes one day before the first anniversary since the Putin ...

US lawmakers are scrambling to come to an agreement on paying the government's bills before funding runs out on Saturday. If ...

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Japanese government officials are making final arrangements to seek a court order to dissolve a controversial religious group ...

Japanese weather officials say the season's 14th tropical storm is only the second in September, tying a record low for the month set in 1951, 1973 and 1983, since record-keeping began in 1951.

Bangladesh has been experiencing its worst-ever outbreak of dengue fever, with the death toll from the infectious disease topping 900.

The International Paralympic Committee has decided to allow Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete in the Paris Paralympics next year in an individual and neutral capacity.

Weather officials say a tropical storm has emerged over waters east of the Philippines, warning that it may develop and approach southwestern Japan.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has stressed the legitimacy of his country's annexation of four Ukrainian regions exactly one year after the unilateral move.

People in Hong Kong were finally able to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival with the traditional "fire dragon dance" after a four-year hiatus.