Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said July 9 he hoped for free and fair elections in troubled Venezuela later this month, with a…
Indian authorities have suspended six police and government officials after a stampede that killed 121 people last week, accusing them of "negligence" in handling the…
At least 18 people died and 19 were injured when a bus collided with a milk tanker in northern India's Utter Pradesh state early July…
Bangladesh's top court on July 10 temporarily suspended quotas for coveted government jobs after thousands of students staged nationwide protests against what they call a…
Known for pristine beaches and calm waters, the Maldives is the smallest nation in Asia, spanning just 300 sq km in landmass across 1,192 idyllic…
Fighting raged for an eighth day around a Myanmar regional military headquarters, where an ethnic armed group had briefly captured a battalion command, one of…
Singapore state investor Temasek, one of the world's top funds, said on July 9 it would prioritise investments in the United States after the "underperformance"…
Malaysian authorities have arrested six members of an international crime ring known as the "Ninja Turtle Gang" and seized about 200 smuggled tortoises and turtles,…
HSBC and Leader Energy of Malaysia have inked a financing deal worth 593 billion Vietnamese dong ($23.3 million) for a solar power plant in the…
The U.S. Navy's oldest operational ship is visiting Vietnam's Cam Ranh Bay, a strategic waterway in the South China Sea that has stirred the interest…
Taiwan's defence ministry said 37 Chinese aircraft were detected around the self-ruled island July 10 as they headed to exercises with an aircraft carrier in…
A Taiwanese sergeant has been indicted for allegedly photographing and leaking confidential defence information to China, prosecutors said July 9. Beijing claims self-ruled Taiwan as…
Parts of South Korea were battered by record rainfall typically seen just once every 200 years, the country's weather agency told AFP July 10, with…
The labour union for workers at Samsung Electronics in South Korea will continue to strike indefinitely, it said in a statement on its website on…
French police shot and killed an alleged gunman in New Caledonia on July 10, local prosecutors said, bringing the toll of almost two months of…
Palau has been upgraded to a 'high-income' country by the World Bank. 'High-income' countries are often referred to as 'first-world' countries. The World Bank report…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi was set to hold talks with President Vladimir Putin on July 9, a day after the Indian leader arrived in Moscow…
Russia attacked cities across Ukraine on July 8 with a missile barrage that killed more than three dozen people and ripped open a children's hospital…
France's political parties sought to project strength and gather allies on July 9, with the government adrift following a July 7 parliamentary election in which…
Haitian police will launch operations very soon against powerful gangs terrorizing the country, newly appointed chief Rameau Normil vowed July 8, alongside the leader of…
A crowd of thousands began marching towards Srebrenica in eastern Bosnia on July 8 to commemorate the anniversary of the 1995 genocide in the ill-fated…
The leader of a Kenyan doomsday cult went on trial on July 8 on charges of terrorism over the deaths of more than 400 of…
President Joe Biden insisted again July 8 he would not quit the US election race, as the White House denied he had Parkinson's disease following…
New Prime Minister Keir Starmer on July 8 wrapped up a whistlestop tour of the UK, promising Northern Ireland's leaders "a different way of doing…
Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont on July 8 appealed a Spanish Supreme Court decision refusing him amnesty on a misuse of public funds charge, terming…
