The bonhomie between the two leaders of the world’s largest democracies are well known. But apart from the optics and their mutual enmity to China, the ground reality is different.

South Korea went on high alert yesterday following a sharp jump in coronavirus cases, while Italy and Iran took their own drastic containment steps as an epidemic that has killed nearly 2,500 people in China continued a relentless global expansion.

Iran's confirmed death toll from the new coronavirus rises to eight, the highest outside China, sending neighbouring countries scrambling to contain the outbreak.

Broad-based support across age, racial and ideological groups propels Bernie Sanders to a dominant victory in Nevada’s Democratic caucuses, tightening his grip on the front-runner spot in the race to find a challenger to President Donald Trump.

Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu has said seven people including three children were killed in eastern Turkey after a 5.7 magnitude earthquake hit neighbouring Iran, the official Anadolu news agency reported.

South Korea raises its infectious disease alert level to its highest for the first time since 2009 as confirmed coronavirus cases jump to 602 and the death toll rises to five.

China's death toll from the coronavirus epidemic rose to 2,442 after the government says 97 more people had died, all but one of them in the epicentre of Hubei province.

Chinese President Xi Jinping has written a letter expressing thanks to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for the organisation’s

London police yesterday charged a 29-year-old homeless man with causing grievous bodily harm and possessing an illegal knife he used

Prince Harry and his wife Meghan will no longer use the “Sussex Royal” label when they begin their new life outside the royal inner circle

From glitzy Las Vegas casinos to dusty desert crossroads, Nevada Democrats were set to vote yesterday for who should challenge President Donald Trump in November’s election, with leftist firebrand Bernie Sanders riding high in the saddle.

The Dalai Lama yesterday marked the 80th anniversary of his enthronement as the spiritual leader of Tibet, a position held almost

Thousands of Russian-linked social media accounts have launched a coordinated effort to spread alarm about the new coronavirus, disrupting global efforts to fight the epidemic, US officials say.

Bernie Sanders on Friday warned Russia not to meddle in the Democratic presidential race, as Donald Trump angrily dismissed assertions that Moscow was again seeking to boost his election chances.

A multinational financial crimes watchdog on Friday faulted Iran for not doing enough to counter a “terrorist financing risk” and announced the reinstatement of punitive measures against the country.

A multinational financial crimes watchdog on Friday faulted Iran for not doing enough to counter a “terrorist financing risk” and announced the reinstatement of punitive measures against the country.

A week-long, partial truce appeared to be largely holding across Afghanistan yesterday, with jubilant civilians celebrating in the streets to mark a potentially historic turning point in the war, even as isolated attacks threatened to undermine the process. -

The United Nations warned on Friday that escalating fighting in northwest Syria could end in a “bloodbath” as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan phoned Russia’s leader to discuss the quickly deteriorating situation.

Britain will issue blue passports next month for the first time in almost three decades following its departure from the European Union,

Muslim men should be profiled at airports as terrorists will “generally be of a Muslim persuasion”, Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary said in an