The incumbent centre-right parties Fianna Fail and Fine Gael looked set to retain power in Ireland as vote counting in the European Union member's general…
Iceland's opposition Social Democrats were ahead in vote counting on December 1 after a snap election prompted by the collapse of the fraught coalition government.…
Ivory Coast's former first lady Simone Gbagbo on November 30 announced she would run for president in 2025, vowing to build a new and improved…
Cyclone Fengal killed at least 19 people in India and Sri Lanka and caused flooding in Tamil Nadu state and the Puducherry region after crossing…
Sri Lanka's consumer prices fell by 2.1 percent in November, the highest deflation rate recorded by the economically fragile island nation since 1961, official data…
Sectarian feuding in northwest Pakistan killed 13 more people, a local government official said November 30, as warring Sunnis and Shiites defied repeated ceasefire orders…
A Pakistani journalist arrested under anti-terror laws for investigating alleged deaths in protests supporting jailed ex-prime minister Imran Khan was released on bail November 30,…
Flooding driven by heavy rains in southern Thailand has killed nine people and displaced more than 13,000, officials said November 30, as rescue teams using…
More than 122,000 people have been forced out of their homes as massive floods caused by relentless rains swept through Malaysia's northern states, disaster management…
Vietnam said November 30 that it will build a $67 billion high-speed railway from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City, in a much-needed boost to…
More than 30 crew members of Thai fishing boats were detained in Myanmar waters on November 30 after an encounter with other vessels which left…
Malaysia's jailed ex-leader Najib Razak will begin his defence this week against graft charges tied to more than $500 million in alleged bribes, and argue…
The United States has approved the proposed sale of spare parts for fighter jets and radar systems as well as communications equipment to Taiwan, in…
Russian Defence Minister Andrei Belousov met with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and agreed to boost military cooperation between the two isolated nations, Pyongyang…
China in November saw an uptick in industrial output for the second straight month, government data showed November 30, an encouraging sign for officials as…
A Beijing court on November 29 sentenced veteran Chinese state media journalist Dong Yuyu to seven years in prison on espionage charges, his family said.…
