Asia

Johannesburg: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping were seen exchanging a handshake and in brief conversation with each other on...

Bangkok: Thailand's former leader Thaksin Shinawatra was moved to a police hospital overnight after feeling unwell on his first night in jail Wednesday."The...

Beijing:  Chinese President Xi Jinping will attend the 15th BRICS Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, and pay a state visit to South Africa from Aug....

Beijing: The Chinese foreign ministry has announced that President Xi Jinping will attend the fifteenth BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South...

Kabul: Amid the ongoing economic and humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, 15.5 million people in the country are suffering from severe food insecurity, Tolo...

Kabul: The Afghan Taliban has imposed one more ban, this time on political parties in Afghanistan. Interim Minister for Justice, Sha­ikh Maulavi Abdul...

Kuala Lumpur: At least 10 people have died after a charter plane crashed onto an expressway north of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on Thursday, CNN reported. Six...

Pyongyang: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un lashed out at "irresponsible" officials for failing to prevent damage from typhoon Khanun that swept through the...

Tokyo: In an effort to counter China's expanding influence in the Indo-Pacific, the Japanese government announced that a pact with Australia that will...

New York: The United States has requested a public UN Security Council meeting on August 17 to review North Korea's human rights record and how it relates...