Moscow on August 11 acknowledged Ukrainian troops had pierced deep into the Kursk border region in an offensive that a top official in Ukraine said…
US President Joe Biden, in his first TV interview since withdrawing from the election, has said he acted under pressure from fellow Democrats and out…
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has ordered the deployment of a guided missile submarine to the Middle East, the Pentagon said on August 11, as…
International pressure mounted on August 12 for a ceasefire in Gaza, with Britain, France and Germany issuing a joint plea for an end to fighting…
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has nominated a moderate diplomat as foreign minister and a female official as urban development minister as he presented his new…
The Biden administration has decided to lift a ban on US sales of offensive weapons to Saudi Arabia, the State Department said on August 9,…
Greece ordered the evacuation of hospitals and homes near Athens on August 12 as wildfires spread despite "superhuman" efforts to combat the flames, the fire…
Spain's ruling Socialists regained control of Catalonia's regional government as a new cabinet was sworn in on August 12, ending over a decade of separatist…
Global youth unemployment is at its lowest level for 15 years, the United Nations said on August 12, though not all regions have yet recovered…
Venezuela's opposition called on August 11 for worldwide protests on August 17 to show support for its claimed victory in last month's election over President…
Rwanda's all-powerful President Paul Kagame was sworn in on August 11 for a fourth term, saying regional peace was a "priority" in the face of…
Tanzanian police have arrested leading opposition Chadema party figure Tundu Lissu and other leaders, a Chadema official said. They were arrested in the southwestern city…
Algerian firefighters on August 11 were battling blazes in the northeastern Kabylie region as families were ordered to evacuate, local media said. Residents were told…
Despite three years of improved security following the end of the Taliban's insurgency, Afghanistan's economy remains stagnant and its population is in the grips of…
Bangladeshi police resumed patrols of the capital Dhaka on August 12, ending a weeklong strike that left a law and order vacuum following the abrupt…
India has arrested nearly a dozen Bangladeshis attempting to cross the border to escape violence and political tumult following deadly protests that led to the…
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) global anti-money laundering watchdog has asked India to improve due diligence on the bank accounts of local politicians, government…
Indian doctors in government hospitals across several states halted elective services "indefinitely" on August 12 to protest the rape and murder of a young medic.…
Vietnam's top leader To Lam will visit China next week in his first foreign trip since his appointment as general secretary of the ruling Communist…
The Philippines urged Beijing on August 12 to heed calls to de-escalate tensions in the South China Sea after what it described as "very dangerous"…
Approximately 5,000 minority Rohingya Muslims attempting to flee from this week’s fighting in western Myanmar have been waiting for several days near the Naf River…
Myanmar authorities under the ruling junta are now preventing young adults who want to get jobs abroad from leaving the country via Yangon’s international airport,…
Cambodia’s Supreme Court on August 9 upheld a three-year prison sentence handed down last year to Thach Setha, a senior leader of the country’s embattled…
South Korea and the US will begin their annual joint military exercises next week with a focus on improving their combined capabilities to deter and…
China flew its biggest-yet unmanned cargo aircraft designed for civilian use, as the world's top drone-making nation steps up test flights of autonomous aerial vehicles…
