Russia has increased its use of air defense missiles in a secondary ground attack mode because of critical shortages of dedicated ground-attack missiles, the...
COLOMBO: A longtime ally of the Rajapaksa political family was appointed Friday as Sri Lanka's new prime minister, hours after security forces cleared the...
SINGAPORE: Singapore hanged a convicted drug trafficker on Friday, the fifth execution in the city-state since March, after a court rejected a last-ditch appeal...
OUAGADOUGOU: The commander of French anti-extremist force Barkhane, General Laurent Michon, on Thursday accused "mercenaries" from Russian group Wagner of "preying" on Mali.
French-Malian...
UNITED NATIONS: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will travel to Istanbul on Thursday, a UN spokesperson said as United Nations and Turkish officials seek to...
NEW DELHI: India elected on Thursday a female politician from a tribal community as its new president, giving new visibility to a substantial minority...
BRUSSELS: Belgian MPs voted Wednesday to ratify a fiercely-criticised treaty allowing prisoner exchanges with Iran, potentially opening the way for an Iranian diplomat jailed...
LONDON: US President Joe Biden tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday morning, the White House said in a statement.
The president is "experiencing very mild...
