China is planning a more than 1 trillion yuan ($146 billion) push to accelerate infrastructure investment in Tibet, including new and previously announced projects, three sources familiar with the matter have told Reuters.

Rescue workers in Beirut dig through rubble and probed a collapsed building with sensors after signs of life were detected under a mound of debris one month after a huge explosion shattered the capital.

Several hundred peaceful demonstrators marched Thursday in New York’s Times Square over the death of a black man that police hooded and forced face down on the road, according to video footage that prompted a probe from the state’s attorney general.

Actor Robert Pattinson tested positive for Covid-19, causing production in Britain on the set of his film "The Batman" to pause, Vanity Fair and the Hollywood Reporter have reported.

Microsoft has unveiled software that can help spot “deepfake” photos or videos, adding to the list of programs designed to fight the hard-to-

This year’s Arctic Circle wildfires, still ablaze, have already surpassed the record set in 2019 for CO2 emissions, adding to the carbon pollution

The Twitter account of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been hacked, the social media giant confirmed yesterday.

Saudi Arabia has agreed to permit UAE flights to “all countries” to overfly the kingdom, as Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu signalled more direct flights linking the UAE with the Jewish state.

Six Portuguese children and young adults, who have faced deadly wildfires and heatwaves, yesterday filed a lawsuit against 33 countries with the European Court of Human Rights, claiming government inaction on climate change jeopardises their future.

China yesterday decried a fresh ban by India on scores of Chinese apps -- including the hit game PUBG -- as a bitter border showdown seeped out into the tech sphere.

The Kremlin yesterday rejected claims that Moscow was behind the poisoning of opposition leader Alexei Navalny, as calls mounted for international action after Germany said he had been dosed with Novichok.

The European Union yesterday said it will defend the International Criminal Court against attempts to undermine it after Washington slapped sanctions on the Hague-based tribunal’s top prosecutor -- a move that The Hague-based tribunal called a “serious” attack against the rule of law.

Facebook Inc has banned a member of India’s ruling party for violating its policies covering violence and hate, as Mark Zuckerberg’s company

The Afghan government yesterday said they have released the remaining 400 Taliban prisoners agreed in an exchange, except for “a few”

Cash strapped Pakistan has unveiled plans to allow the industrial production of hemp, spurring hopes farmers and businesses in the

Lebanon’s army has said it found 4.35 tonnes of ammonium nitrate near the entrance to Beirut port, the site of a huge blast last month caused by a large stockpile of the same highly explosive chemical.

The situation of about four lakh Bangladeshi expatriates, mainly migrant workers, in Qatar is set to improve as the Gulf country recently brought some major changes to its labour laws for workers’ protection.

China will deliver "a proper and necessary" response to new curbs by the State Department on its envoys to the United States, the foreign ministry has said.

Malaysia government will impose an entry ban from September 7 onwards on the citizens of 12 countries, including Bangladesh, which are recording more than 150,000 cases of Covid-19, Malaysia’s Security Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob has reportedly said.

French drugmaker Sanofi (SASY.PA) and Britain’s GlaxoSmithKline (GSK.L) said they had started a clinical trial of their protein-based Covid-19 vaccine candidate, and aimed to reach the final testing stage by December.