World Health Organization members on June 1 extended negotiations on a landmark global agreement on handling future pandemics for up to a year, as the…
Iceland goes to the polls on June 1 in a presidential election that looks set to be a close race between three women, including former…
Kuwait's emir on June 1 named a new crown prince, Sheikh Sabah Khaled al-Hamad al-Sabah, state media reported, just six months after taking over the…
Tehran summoned Sweden's temporary charge d'affaires over "baseless & spiteful accusations", the foreign ministry said on June 2, after Stockholm's intelligence agency said Iran was…
Russia launched a barrage of missiles and drones on June 1 that damaged energy facilities and critical infrastructure across Ukraine, injuring at least four people,…
India's Hindu-nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi looked set to win a third straight landslide election victory on June 1 at the close of a six-week…
At least 33 people, including election officials on duty, died of suspected heat stroke in India's states of Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Odisha on May…
Pakistan's Planning Ministry said on May 31 that the economic outlook for the next year was positive, with a growth target of 3.6%, while inflation…
At least 20 people were killed when a boat sank while crossing a river in eastern Afghanistan on the morning of June 1, a Taliban…
Myanmar’s military regime has lost control of more parts of the Southeast Asian country, particularly along its borders, since anti-coup forces formed an alliance to…
Tin Oo, a Myanmar general turned democracy activist and founding member of Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy, died on June 1 aged…
China's defense minister warned on June 2 of "limits" to Beijing's restraint on the South China Sea and over the deployment of ballistic missiles in…
The US and China have significantly increased the volume of military exercises across Asia amid roiling regional tensions in recent years, though Beijing's drills still…
South Korea will aim to secure critical mineral imports and boost trade ties with Africa as President Yoon Suk Yeol hosts dozens of heads of…
US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin told a gathering of top security officials on June 1 that war with China was neither imminent nor unavoidable,…
The US is unlikely to help South Korea build nuclear-powered submarines at the moment, as it is stretched by AUKUS commitments to Australia, US Defense…
Australia, Britain, Malaysia, New Zealand and Singapore have agreed to stage more complex military drills in the region this year involving drones, fifth-generation fighter planes…
Australia has asked for military talks with China and is comfortable growing closer to the Philippines, Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles said on June 2…
