Two Indian officials said Chinese troops were laying a network of optical fibre cables at a western Himalayan flashpoint with India, suggesting they were digging in for the long haul despite high-level talks aimed at resolving a standoff there.

Myanmar’s apparent continued targeting of civilians in the country’s Rakhine and Chin states could constitute new war crimes and crimes against humanity, the UN rights chief said yesterday.

Saudi Arabia will partially lift its suspension on international flights from today, the interior ministry said, six months after travel curbs were imposed due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Lebanon’s factional rivalries have put the brakes on moves to form a new government on the eve of a deadline agreed with France, stalling efforts to drag the nation out of a dire economic crisis.

The US has called a decision by Beijing to impose restrictions on all American diplomats on Chinese soil an “escalation,” the latest rebuke in an ongoing tit-for-tat dispute over foreign missions.

Thai authorities have summoned the heads of universities to tell them to stop students demanding reform of the monarchy, warning that such calls could lead to violence, a member of the military-appointed Senate said yesterday.

The Turkish research ship at the centre of a row between Greece and Turkey over gas exploration in the eastern Mediterranean returned to a port in southern Turkey, local media reported yesterday.

Taliban and Afghan government forces clashed across Afghanistan hours after the start of long-awaited peace talks in Doha on Saturday, officials said, underscoring the uphill challenge of settling a 19-year insurgency.

Ninety UN peacekeepers in south Lebanon have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, a spokesman for the UNIFIL force said yesterday, the

Russians yesterday voted in dozens of local elections that will be scrutinised for signs of discontent with the ruling United Russia party following

Indian Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who fought back coronavirus last month, has been admitted to Delhi’s AIIMS on Saturday night again

Former prime ministers Tony Blair and John Major yesterday said Britain must drop a “shocking” plan to pass legislation that breaks its divorce treaty with the European Union, in a breach of international law.

Taliban and Afghan government forces have clashed across Afghanistan hours after the start of long-awaited peace talks in Doha, underscoring the uphill challenge of settling a 19-year insurgency.

Palestinians fear the UAE’s move will weaken a long-standing pan-Arab call for Israeli withdrawal from occupied land and acceptance of Palestinian statehood in return for normal relations with Arab countries.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is scheduled to virtually inaugurate the newly-constructed Bangladesh Chancery Complex in Ankara tomorrow.

Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga, who is set to become prime minister this week, said on Sunday there was no limit to the amount of bonds the government can issue to support an economy hit by the coronavirus pandemic.

Facebook has started removing false claims that the deadly wildfires in Oregon were started by various left-wing and right-wing groups, a spokesman for the social media company said on Saturday, after the rumors left state officials inundated with queries for information.

The new school year had held promise of some return to normalcy for American families since the pandemic upended daily life and made much of the spring semester unproductive. But the spread of the coronavirus over the summer set off a national debate over whether to resume in-classroom instruction.

Delhi summoned Facebook’s India chief yesterday to answer allegations that the social media giant failed to remove dangerous content in its biggest

Liberian President George Weah has declared rape a national emergency and has ordered new measures to tackle the problem after a recent spike of