Twitter on Tuesday hid a tweet from President Donald Trump in which he threatened to use “serious force” against protestors in the US capital, saying it broke rules over abusive content.

Pakistan yesterday accused old foe India of funding militant groups, a day after the nuclear-armed neighbours said they would expel half the other’s embassy staff for the first time in nearly two decades.

A US court has upheld a verdict that talcum powder sold by Johnson & Johnson caused ovarian cancer and ordered the pharmaceutical giant to pay $2.1 billion in damages.

Indian fighter jets roared over a flashpoint Himalayan region yesterday as part of a show of strength following what military sources say has been a Chinese takeover of contested territory.

Policies need to be put in place to protect stranded migrant workers and to ensure their reintegration in their home countries, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) has said in a statement.

The Competition Commission of India (CCI) says it has approved social media giant Facebook's proposed acquisition of 9.99 percent stake in Jio Platforms, the digital arm of India’s Reliance Industries, owned by Asia’s richest man Mukesh Ambani, for 5.7 billion USD (Rs 43,574 crore).

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says it now assumes global output to shrink by 4.9%, compared with a 3% contraction predicted in April, when it used data available as widespread business lockdowns were just getting into full swing.

Iran would be open to talks with the United States if Washington apologises for exiting a 2015 nuclear deal and compensates Tehran, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has said, cautioning that US calls for discussions were insincere.

Any Israeli move to annex parts of the West Bank would be “fatal” for Middle East peace hopes and must be prevented, if necessary with countermeasures, more than 1,000 lawmakers from across Europe have said in a letter to European governments.

India has approved an additional investment of 121.27 million USD (about Rs 909 crore) by the state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Videsh Ltd (OVL) for further development of two blocks of the Shwe oil and gas project in Myanmar.

The next few weeks are critical to tamping down a disturbing coronavirus surge, Dr. Anthony Fauci told Congress on Tuesday — issuing a plea for people to avoid crowds and wear masks just hours before mask-shunning President Donald Trump was set to address a crowd of his young supporters in one hot spot.

China National Biotec Group (CNBG) has won approval to run a large-scale “Phase 3” clinical trial of its novel coronavirus vaccine candidate in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the company says.

A powerful earthquake of magnitude 7.4 has struck the coast of southern Mexico, killing at least one person, buckling paved roads, and setting off a tsunami in nearby Pacific coastal areas.

India yesterday said it intended to expel half the staff in Pakistan’s embassy in New Delhi over what it said was spying by officials there.

China yesterday successfully put into orbit its final Beidou satellite, completing a navigation network years in the making and setting the stage to

US President Donald Trump will prolong a ban on US employment permits to year-end and broaden it to include H-1B visas used widely in the tech

Investment funds managing close to $4 trillion in assets called on Brazil yesterday to halt deforestation of the Amazon in an open letter warning that biodiversity loss and carbon emissions pose a “systemic risk” to their portfolios.

Muslims expressed disappointment yesterday at Saudi Arabia’s decision to scale back this year’s hajj pilgrimage, but many accepted it was necessary as the kingdom battles a major coronavirus outbreak.

China and India have agreed to reduce tensions a week after their deadliest clashes in over 50 years on the disputed Himalayan border left 20 Indian troops dead in brutal hand-to-hand fighting.

Singapore will head to the polls on July 10 after its prime minister said he was satisfied a ballot could be held safely despite criticism that such a