Refugees in Turkey headed towards European frontiers after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the borders had been thrown open, a response to the escalating war in Syria where 34 Turkish soldiers were killed by Russian-backed Syrian government troops.

The White House won a key victory for presidential power Friday when an appeals court rejected a lawsuit over President Donald Trump blocking his former legal advisor from honoring a Congressional subpoena.

The United States has decided to postpone a meeting with leaders of Southeast Asian countries it had planned to host on March 14 due

Bombardment of the Libyan capital Tripoli intensified on Friday, residents said, as the United Nations envoy called for a return to a

US President Donald Trump announced Republican lawmaker John Ratcliffe as his intelligence chief Friday, sparking fresh controversy

US President Donald Trump is willing to hold a summit with the leaders of Russia, China, Britain and France - the five permanent members of the UN Security Council - to discuss arms control, a senior administration official said on Friday.

The Indian state of Meghalaya imposed curfew in capital Shillong and suspended mobile internet services in six districts after a person died in clashes over the controversial citizenship law, officials said today.

President Donald Trump’s quest for a second term received a boost on Saturday from the deal with the Taliban for a troop pullout from Afghanistan but it could take time - possibly years - before all US forces come home from America’s longest war.

The United States signs a historic deal with Taliban insurgents that can pave the way toward a full withdrawal of foreign soldiers from Afghanistan over the next 14 months and represent a step toward ending the 18-year-war there.

The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Italy jumped to 888, of whom 21 have died, officials say.

South Korea reports its biggest surge in new coronavirus cases as concerns grow of a possible epidemic in the United States and the World Health Organization raises its risk alert to its highest level.

Iran's death toll from the coronavirus outbreak has reached 43, a health official told state TV yesterday, adding that the number of infected people across the country has reached 593.

The situation in riot-torn parts of northeast Delhi remained peaceful this morning with residents gradually resuming the daily chores after coming to terms with the damage in four days of violence and arson earlier this week.

Here are some things you may not know about the leap year, from famous people born on leap day, to why it is added to February and not other months.

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called women’s inequality “stupid” and a cause for global shame on Thursday, as he pledged to press governments to end discriminatory laws in the face of a “strong and relentless pushback” against women’s rights.

Malaysia’s king yesterday struck down a power play by 94-year-old Mahathir Mohamad aimed at seizing momentum in a political crisis, capping a week of turmoil that has left the country effectively leaderless.

From an artificial island in Sri Lanka to a bridge in Bangladesh and hydropower projects in Nepal and Indonesia, China’s trillion-dollar Belt and Road plan is stuttering under the effects of the deadly coronavirus.

As deadly clashes between Hindu and Muslim groups rocked parts of the Indian capital Delhi this week, the family of a young Hindu woman living in a Muslim-majority area was forced to cancel her wedding.

The Delhi government has given its approval to police to prosecute former Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union (JNUSU) president Kanhaiya Kumar and others in a sedition case for allegedly raising anti-India slogans during an event inside the university campus in February 2016.

Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha and five cabinet ministers comfortably survived a vote of no confidence in parliament yesterday, a week after a court ban on 11 opposition lawmakers increased the ruling coalition’s parliamentary majority.