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AFP/APP Caracas: Venezuela's congress on Thursday passed a law punishing support for international sanctions on President Nicolas Maduro's regime with up to 30 years in prison. "Anyone who promotes, instigates, requests, invokes, favors,…

Faisal Saleem Khanewal: Social media is increasingly popular among its users, especially the youth, surpassing traditional media in influence. A cross-national research report from the Reuters Institute shows that over 51 percent of…

AFP/APP Hong Kong: Asian equities rallied Thursday after US data showed inflation cooled last month, fuelling speculation that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates twice this year. The news sent all three main indexes on Wall…

AFP/APP Hong Kong: Asian markets rose Monday, clawing back some of last week's losses, as Middle East worries subsided and traders looked ahead to the release of key US inflation data and corporate earnings after tensions between the…

AFP/APP  New York: Terrorists, mafia bosses, and Donald Trump. The common thread? When they go on trial, the jurors have such a tough task that they have to be kept anonymous for their own safety. Being one of the 12 New Yorkers…

AFP/APP Tokyo: An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.3 struck off southwestern Japan on Wednesday night, the US Geological Survey said, but there were no tsunami warnings or reports of damage. The USGS put the epicenter of…

AFP/APP  Tokyo: Tokyo stocks opened lower on Thursday after hotter-than-expected US inflation data drove down Wall Street shares, while the yen briefly hit a 34-year low. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index dropped 1.07 percent, or 425.06…

News Desk  South Waziristan: A police constable deployed to provide security for a polio workers' team was tragically killed in South Waziristan, according to reports from local journalists. The incident occurred in the Manra area of…

AFP/APP Tokyo: A magnitude-6.0 earthquake struck northeastern Japan's Fukushima region on Thursday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said, but no tsunami warning was issued. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries after…

AFP/APP Indonesia:  Dozens of Rohingya refugees are feared dead or missing after their boat capsized off Indonesia's westernmost coast this week, the United Nations said Friday, as local rescuers called off the search despite survivor…