Millions of voters across India cast ballots in the second round of the world's biggest election on Thursday amid violence and protests that highlighted the intensity of animosity in the......
India's finance minister said on Monday fast economic growth and rapid urbanisation would slash the number of people in extreme poverty by 2021 and end it completely in the decade after that.More......
US President Donald Trump on Saturday backed a possible third summit with North Korea, after Kim Jong Un said he would be willing to meet his American counterpart if Washington comes to the table......
Two top members of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party including an estranged member of the Gandhi dynasty were in hot water on Saturday for appearing to threaten people to vote for them in the......
The Dalai Lama left a New Delhi hospital on Friday after three days of treatment for a chest infection, but the 83-year-old will need several days of rest before returning to his Himalayan base, his......
United States President Donald Trump's controversial ban on transgender Americans in the military comes into force on Friday following a protracted legal battle.Trump's administration has insisted......
Organisers of nationwide protests against Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir called on Khartoum residents on Thursday to mass at army headquarters as state media said the army would make an “important......
The family of murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi denied on Wednesday being in talks to reach a settlement out of court with Saudi authorities following reports that his sons had taken......
The Indian Election Commission has sought a report on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's remarks at a rally in Maharashtra yesterday asking first-time voters to dedicate their ballots to the armed forces......
General Kenneth McKenzie Jr, the commander of US Central Command (Centcom), on Monday called on Prime Minister Imran Khan in Islamabad.The prime minister, in his meeting with Gen McKenzie, expressed......
Iraq says Saudi Arabia has opened a consulate in Baghdad for the first time in nearly 30 years in a sign of improving ties.The consulate, which will issue visas to Iraqis, was opened during a two-day......
Afghanistan's vice president, Abdul Rashid Dostum, escaped unhurt from an attack that killed one of his bodyguards on Saturday, dodging death for the second time since returning from exile last......
Philippine journalist Maria Ressa, a prominent critic of President Rodrigo Duterte, was rearrested on Friday in what press freedom advocates called retaliation for her news site's dogged coverage of......
Afghanistan has recalled its ambassador to Pakistan over reported remarks by Prime Minister Imran Khan that suggested that Kabul should set up an interim government, calling the comments......
President Donald Trump signed a proclamation on Monday recognising Israel's sovereignty over the Golan Heights, reversing more than a half-century of US policy.Standing alongside Israeli Prime......
