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Russian President Vladimir Putin has been named the most powerful person in the world by Forbes.
A speeding bus exploded in a ball of flames after crashing into the central barrier of a southern Indian highway early on Wednesday, killing at least 45 passengers as they slept.
Forty passengers were burnt alive when a bus caught fire in Mahabubnagar district in Andhra Pradesh early Wednesday, police said.
Turkey officially launched an undersea commuter train connecting the Asian and European sides of Istanbul on Tuesday.
Japan's self-defense force is launching a charm offensive to make itself appealing to young Japanese. It is inviting Japan’s Web surfers to pick the Ms and Mr of Japan's naval service.
The Chinese Foreign Ministry on Tuesday afternoon confirmed that a high-ranking official recently discussed the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue with US officials in the United States.
A total of 22 lawmakers from the Republic of Korea will visit the Kaesong industrial complex on Wednesday to check business conditions and listen directly from businessmen with factories.
A man shot dead in Tuesday's gun atrocity in southwestern Sydney was associated with a crime gang.
Malaysia and Cambodia are expected to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on lifting the ban on taking Cambodian maids into Malaysia.
"Australia's longest war" is ending and the Australian Defence Force (ADF) mission in Uruzgan, Afghanistan, is drawing down and will be complete by the end of the year.
A proposal to further enhance economic development and cooperation between Bangladesh, China, India and Myanmar is welcome, Bangladeshi Foreign Minister Dipu Moni said.
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