At least six people, including five Mexicans, died in a helicopter crash on Tuesday, officials in Nepal said, opening an inv…

HONIARA, Solomon Islands,: Forging diplomatic relations with China is one of the most significant decisions the Solomon Isla…

KATHMANDU: The Confucius Institute at Kathmandu University has trained nearly 50,000 Chinese-language professionals for Nepa…

ANKARA/ISTANBUL: Türkiye will support Sweden’s joining NATO if the European Union (EU) revived membership talks with A…

BERLIN: A German lawmaker has accused the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) of fighting a proxy war against Russia b…

More than a dozen people were killed in northern India over the last two days as heavy rainfall continued to lash parts of t…

BANGKOK: The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) elected Sheikh Talal Fahad Al-Sabah as its new president at the 42nd OCA Congress…

At least seven people were killed and dozens more injured in India on Saturday after clashes over local polls in West Bengal…

A grenade attack and gun battle in Iran’s southeast near Pakistan left four assailants and two Iranian policemen dead on Sat…

Although tomatoes are a permanent part of cooking in India, their prices have risen by 445% to outpace the price of petrol, …

RAMALLAH: Two Palestinians were killed and three others were injured in clashes with Israeli soldiers in the old city of Nab…

DOHA: The first group of Qatari students taking part in the “Chinese Bridge” summer camp has arrived in China an…

ANKARA: Turkiye expects Gulf countries to make direct investments of about $10 billion initially in domestic assets as part …

In a strange turn of events, a former mayor of Redbridge found himself in a harrowing situation after taking what seemed lik…

Since seizing power in August 2021, the Taliban has barred girls and women from education, banned them from parks, funfairs …

WINDHOEK: The Namibian government is taking a proactive stance to protect and sustain its dwindling lion population in the n…

NEW DELHI: India on Tuesday hosts the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, with Iran expected to join the Asian grouping and R…

BAMAKO: Russia’s stability is essential for world peace and security, Malian Foreign Minister Abdoulaye Diop said on T…

JEDDAH: The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Sunday said collective measures were needed to prevent acts of dese…

DUBAI: Iran will refrain from sending a new ambassador to Sweden in protest over the burning of a Holy Quran outside a mosqu…

CAPE TOWN: TikTok has overtaken Instagram to secure second place among the “Big Five” social media platforms in …

Afghanistan’s Taliban government on Saturday seized on an off-the-cuff remark by US President Joe Biden to underscore …

Survivors of a boat disaster that likely killed hundreds of migrants near Greece have given accounts of traffickers in North…

NEW YORK: Maryam Khan, a Pakistan-born member of the House of Representatives of the US state of Connecticut, was attacked o…

NEW YORK: Much of New York State will continue to be under air quality health advisory on Saturday, according to a release o…

At least 200 French officers were injured, 600 were arrested in the third night of rioting from deadly police shootings. Mor…

DODOMA: “Dodoma is developing very fast,” commented a taxi driver on the way from the central bus station to the…

According to the study, the mountainous regions around the Himalayas and the Pacific Rim of North America and adjacent flood…

Smoke from wildfires in Canada Crossed the Atlantic Ocean and reached southwestern Europe. An image from NASA’s Terra satell…

Authorities in occupied Kashmir have banned prayers at the historical Eidgah in Srinagar over fears of anti-India procession…

MOSCOW: Russia on Thursday claimed its forces had killed two Ukrainian generals and “up to 50 officers” in a str…

Saudi authorities were investigating on Thursday after an assailant and a security guard were killed in an exchange of gunfi…

SAO PAULO: Coffee industry insiders at the Sao Paulo Coffee Festival, held here from June 23 to 25, were optimistic about th…

ISTANBUL: The United States sticking to its so-called “lab-leak” conspiracy about the origins of COVID-19 reveal…

MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin on Saturday said an armed mutiny by Wagner mercenaries was a “stab in the back” and that th…

MOSCOW: Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov said on Saturday his forces were ready to help put down a mutiny by Wagner mercenary c…

WASHINGTON: India is the world’s largest democracy, yet it is one of the world’s most dangerous countries for the media, say…

RAMALLAH: Palestine on Friday slammed Israel’s new settlement projects in the West Bank, saying the move is a disregar…

PARIS: The International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and other international financial institutions should implement the c…

PARIS: In the face of the global development financing gap, China calls on the international community to sincerely cooperat…