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Tokyo, 29 September, /AJMEDIA/ Philippine boxing legend, national hero and politician Manny Pacquiao announced his retirement from the sport on Wednesday as he focuses on his bid for president in… Read more

Tokyo, 28 September, /AJMEDIA/ Germany’s Social Democratic Party (SPD) won the most parliamentary seats in national elections, while Angela Merkel’s conservative CDU/CSU bloc came in second, preliminary official results showed… Read more

Tokyo, 27 September, /AJMEDIA/ At least seven people, including soldiers and civilians, were killed on Saturday in Somalia’s capital, after a suicide car bombing that targeted a security checkpoint near… Read more

Tokyo, 26 September, /AJMEDIA/ Taiwan’s main opposition Nationalist Party (KMT) elected a former New Taipei City mayor as its new leader on Saturday, amid struggling by the century-old party in… Read more

Tokyo, 26 September, /AJMEDIA/ Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett will meet ministers from Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates on Sunday, his first meetings with Gulf leaders since taking office… Read more

Tokyo, 25 September, /AJMEDIA/ UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres discussed the situation in Afghanistan, Libya, Syria and Ukraine with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Friday, the UN chief’s office said… Read more

Tokyo, 25 September, /AJMEDIA/ Tehran needs to “move quickly” if it wants to resume talks on the Iran nuclear deal, a senior State Department official said, AJMEDIA reports citing Al… Read more

Tokyo, 25 September, /AJMEDIA/ China’s central bank said Friday that it will ban all virtual currency transactions including those of Bitcoin, calling them “illegal,” with the aim of preventing the… Read more