Lebanon’s health ministry said an Israeli air strike on Saturday in southern Lebanon killed 10 Syrians, as the Israeli military reported hitting weapons stores of the Iran-backed Hezbollah movement. The
Indian doctors launched a nationwide strike Saturday, escalating protests after the ‘barbaric’ rape and murder of their colleague that has channelled outrage at the chronic issue of violence against women.
The 37-year-old daughter of billionaire Thaksin Shinawatra became Thailand’s prime minister on Friday, the third member of the influential but divisive clan to lead the country. Paetongtarn Shinawatra — the
Diplomatic pressure mounted on Israel Friday to secure a truce that could avert a wider war after more than 10 months of fighting in Gaza, as mediators prepared to meet
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, in a preliminary report released on Friday, said that about 650 people were killed during student protests in Bangladesh
A surging mpox outbreak in Africa, which was declared an emergency by the continent’s health agency on Tuesday, is being driven by a new, more transmissible strain of the virus.
The president of Sri Lanka, Ranil Wickremesinghe, faces 38 challengers in polls next month, the election commission said Thursday after nominations closed, with ally-turned-rival Sajith Premadasa leading the pack. It
Thousands took to the streets of Kolkata early Thursday morning to condemn the rape and murder of a medic that has triggered protests across India demanding better safety for women.
Thailand’s Constitutional Court removed Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin from office on Wednesday, ruling against him in an ethics case that threw the kingdom into fresh political turmoil. The judges ruled
Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers celebrated three years in power on Wednesday with a military parade paying homage to their homemade bombs used in war, fighter aircraft and goose-stepping security forces. The