Yangon: A court in Myanmar sentenced a young poet to six months in jail on Tuesday for defaming former president Thein Sein, making him one of the first...
Ankara: Turkey's new prime minister, Binali Yildirim, said on Tuesday that the country's current constitution was far from meeting its needs and...
Ho Chi Minh City: U.S. President Barack Obama chided Vietnam on political freedoms on Tuesday after critics of the communist-run government were prevented...
Mumbai: A special Central Bureau of Investigation court here on Monday rejected the bail application of former media baron Peter Mukerjea who has been...
Srinagar: Militants on Monday killed three policemen including an ASI -- two of them unarmed -- in twin strikes in the heart of Srinagar, carrying out such...
Istanbul: Global leaders met in Istanbul on Monday to tackle a "broken" humanitarian system that has left 130 million people in need of aid, a...
Tehran: India and Iran on Monday pledged to combat terrorism and radicalism as the two nations signed 12 agreements including a "milestone" pact...
Baltimore: Baltimore police officer Edward Nero was acquitted on Monday of all charges in the 2015 death of black detainee Freddie Gray, an incident that...