Arvind Kejriwal, chief minister of Delhi and a key opposition leader in India, has been remanded in custody until March 28. 

The United Nations Security Council yesterday failed to pass a resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza as part of a hostage deal after Russia and China vetoed the measure proposed by the United States.

More than 70 Rohingyas are “presumed dead or missing” after a boat they were on capsized off the coast of Indonesia’s Aceh province, while 75 have been rescued, the UNHCR refugee agency said yesterday.

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena will visit China, his country’s biggest bilateral lender, next week, Beijing’s

Taipei’s defence ministry yesterday announced the highest single-day number of Chinese military aircraft around the self-ruled island this year, which analysts attributed as a reaction to Taiwan’s political outreach to Europe in recent days.

Russia yesterday admitted two years into its invasion of Ukraine that it was “in a state of war,” as it launched a massive wave of missile and drone attacks on its neighbour’s territory.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi landed in Bhutan yesterday for a two-day state visit to the tiny but strategic

The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday that only an expansion of land crossings into Gaza could help prevent famine in the densely populated Palestinian enclave.

A mass grave containing "at least 65 migrants' bodies" was discovered in southwest Libya this week, the UN migration agency said Friday

Shareholders approved a merger Friday to list Donald Trump's social media venture on the stock market, providing a potential financial lifeline to the former president as he faces possible seizure of properties

Russia and China on Friday vetoed a US-led draft resolution at the Security Council on a ceasefire in Gaza, with Moscow accusing Washington of a "hypocritical spectacle" that does not pressure Israel

15 children among those killed, says Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK

India's opposition parties joined a chorus in denouncing the arrest of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in a case of alleged graft yesterday, claiming that it shows how "jittery" the ruling BJP at the centre is with less than a month to go for the Lok Sabha polls

The United States will ask the UN Security Council today to back a resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and an Israel-Hamas hostage deal

The United Nations General Assembly on Thursday unanimously adopted the first global resolution on artificial intelligence that encourages countries to safeguard human rights, protect personal data, and monitor AI for risks

The United States has circulated for the first time a draft UN resolution calling for an “immediate” ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war, as warnings grow of famine in besieged Gaza.

Support for Britain’s ruling Conservatives has plunged to a level last seen during former leader Liz Truss’s brief premiership, according to a YouGov poll released yesterday.

The death toll from a suicide bombing in Afghanistan’s Kandahar early yesterday has reached at least 20 people, a source at a major hospital in the southern city told AFP.

The US government recognises Arunachal Pradesh as part of India and “strongly opposes” any unilateral attempts to advance territorial claims in the northeastern Indian state that shares a border with China, the US State Department said on Wednesday.

Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan does not see the incumbent government lasting more than four to five months, and believes that its fall will pave the way for his release from Adiala Jail.