PHNOM PENH: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday condemned China's military drills encircling Taiwan as "a significant escalation".
Blinken said there was "no...
ISLAMABAD: Flash floods caused by abnormally heavy monsoon rains killed at least 549 people in Pakistan over the past month, with remote communities in...
Washington/Beijing: The US has postponed a long-planned intercontinental ballistic missile over concerns about China's angry response to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's trip to Taiwan,...
PINGTAN: The Chinese army launched projectiles into the Taiwan Strait on Thursday, as Beijing’s military announced “long-range live ammunition firing” in the area.
Several small...
Colombo: President Ranil Wickremesinghe thanked India and Prime Minister Narendra Modi for giving Sri Lanka "a breath of life" by providing timely economic assistance...
TEHRAN: Russia will launch an Iranian remote sensing satellite into orbit next Tuesday, the two countries confirmed, two weeks after President Vladimir Putin visited...
Beijing: China on Wednesday said it will take "strong and effective" countermeasures against the US and Taiwan for violating the "One-China policy", as the...
Taipei: US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, meeting leaders in Taiwan despite warnings from China, said on Wednesday that she and other members of Congress...
TAIPEI: Twenty-seven Chinese warplanes flew into Taiwan's air defence zone on Wednesday, Taipei said, as US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi made her controversial visit...
BEIJING: China said Tuesday that the United States will "pay the price" if House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visits Taiwan during her Asia trip.
Pelosi was...
MOSCOW: The Russian Supreme Court on Tuesday declared Ukraine's Azov Regiment a terrorist organisation banned in Russia, a designation that may expose Ukrainian prisoners...
ISLAMABAD: In a setback to ousted prime minister Imran Khan, Pakistan's election commission on Tuesday issued a show cause notice to his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf...
Lahore: A senior Pakistani opposition leader has alleged that former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi received kickbacks from an Indian company when he was...
ST PETERSBURG, Russia: President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday that the Russian navy would receive hypersonic Zircon cruise missiles within the next few months...
BEIJING: China will "resolutely safeguard national sovereignty and territorial integrity", an air force spokesman said on Sunday, referring to Taiwan, as tensions rise over...
KYIV: A drone-borne explosive device detonated Sunday at the headquarters of Russia's Black Sea Fleet, injuring six people, officials said.
The explosion at the headquarters...
WASHINGTON: A Chinese booster rocket made an uncontrolled return to Earth on Saturday, leading US officials to chide Beijing for not sharing information about...
London: Moves by rich countries to buy large quantities of monkeypox vaccine, while declining to share doses with Africa, could leave millions of people...
Kyiv: Russia launched nighttime attacks on several cities in Ukraine, Ukrainian officials said Saturday as they and officials in Moscow blamed each other for...
Islamabad: Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday criticised Army chief General Qamar Bajwa for seeking help from the US over a much-needed...
Baghdad: Thousands of followers of an influential Shiite cleric breached Iraq's parliament on Saturday, for the second time this week, to protest government formation...