The United Nations has added Sudan's army and rival paramilitary forces to a blacklist for harming children in war, as the organization decried a "shocking"…
Indian Oil Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on June 11 announced that state-run Bharat Petroleum Corp (BPCL.NS) plans to build a new refinery and the nation…
The World Health Organization on June 11 said a case of human infection with bird flu caused by the H9N2 virus was detected in a…
Pakistani security forces raided a militant hideout, killing 11 in an overnight operation in a former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban in the restive northwest,…
Vietnam’s island building in the South China Sea has reached a record with the total new land created in the first six months of this…
Malaysia’s defense against dengue fever has been strengthened with the launch of the country’s first vaccine against the disease. Pharmaceutical firm Takeda Malaysia’s dengue tetravalent…
Mongolia and Laos have signed several cooperation agreements, according to the Mongolian presidential office's website on June 11 evening. These documents, including a memorandum to…
Poverty in Myanmar is more widespread than at any time in the last six years and growth in the conflict-torn nation is likely to remain…
Chinese police said on June 11 they have arrested a suspect over the stabbing of four American college teachers at a public park in the…
The Hong Kong government said on June 12 it had canceled the passports of six democracy activists who fled to the United Kingdom, calling them…
Temperatures are hitting record highs in parts of north and central China this week while a severe drought in the east is also threatening crops,…
Japan is seeing a record-high number of cases of a potentially deadly disease caused by “flesh-eating” bacteria, with Tokyo recording the most number of cases…
Fiji and Papua New Guinea have urged the U.N.’s decolonization committee to expedite a visit to the French-controlled Pacific territory of New Caledonia following its…
New Zealand will conduct an inquiry to assess competition in the country's banking sector, focusing on services in rural regions, Finance Minister Nicola Willis said…
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will hold talks with key Israeli opposition figures on June 11, a day after he arrived in the country…
They may be celebrating a string of far-right victories in Europe, but Giorgia Meloni and Marine Le Pen have yet to iron out differences stopping…
Russia on June 10 claimed the capture of another village in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region, the latest in a string of gains ahead of a…
More armed conflicts took place in 2023 than in any other year since the end of World War II, a new study has found. The…
Israel's parliament voted on June 11 to revive a controversial law to conscript ultra-Orthodox Jews, which is backed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu but criticized…
Malawi's president on June 10 said he was sparing no resources in a search operation for a missing military aircraft carrying the country's vice president…
Jury deliberations began on June 10 in the trial of Hunter Biden on federal gun charges, a historic first criminal prosecution of the child of…
Poland on June 10 announced plans to redeploy a no-entry buffer zone on its border with Belarus later this week, in a bid to deter…
A Russian military jet crashed during a training flight in the Caucasus region of North Ossetia, killing two people on board, the defense ministry said…
Belgium has kicked off its quest for a new governing coalition after elections pushed center-right parties into prime positions across the country, in a rare…
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi will have to moderate his Hindu-nationalist agenda to assuage his coalition partners, but they will likely let him press on…
