The Health Ministry has instructed healthcare professionals across the country to increase their monitoring of cases of respiratory illnesses following a recent outbreak of “mysterious pneumonia” in northern China.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi left for Dubai on Thursday to participate in the World Climate Action Summit at the 28th Conference of the Parties (COP28).

Palestinian prisoners released from Israeli jails say that guards carried out abuse and collective punishment in the weeks after the Hamas attacks on Israel on 7 October.

The Pakistan authorities committed ’’widespread abuses’’ against Afghans living in the country to compel them to return to Afghanistan leading to a situation of humanitarian crisis, Human Rights Watch said in a statement on Wednesday.

Six Chinese nationals with severe deformities caught begging on the streets of Bangkok were not victims of torture, physical abuse or coercion by human traffickers as believed earlier, Thailand said on Monday (Nov 27).

NASA will train an Indian astronaut for a voyage to the International Space Station as early as next year, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said on Wednesday, amid deepening space ties between India and the United States.

Beginning on Dec. 1, the tech giant, Google will begin purging all accounts that have been inactive for two years or more. The company says the move is meant to help cut back on the number of accounts that can be hijacked by hackers.

India recently took center stage by hosting the second edition of the Voice of Global South Summit on November 12-13, underscoring its unwavering commitment to the Global South. Building upon the success of the inaugural event held in January 2023, t

Médecins sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is horrified by the killing of two MSF doctors, and a third doctor following a strike on Al Awda Hospital, one of the last remaining functional hospitals in Northern Gaza.

The chief executive of Australian telecom giant Optus has resigned after a nationwide outage this month.

Health authorities in several Australian states have recommended the return of masks amid a spike in COVID-19 cases leading up to Christmas.

Spanish security authorities busted a suspected jihadist network based in several provinces of Spain in country-wide CT operations arresting a total of 14 individuals.

A man has been accused of posing as a mannequin in a Warsaw shop window to steal jewellery after closing time

Cricket’s return to the Olympics for the first time since 1900 has been confirmed after International Olympic Committee members voted to include the sport in the 2028 Games.

Australia internet safety watchdog has slapped a A$610,500 ($386,000; £317,360) fine on Elon Musk’s X for failing to cooperate with a probe into anti-child abuse practices.

India cruised to victory to maintain their perfect start in the Cricket World Cup after beating Pakistan by seven wickets.

Australia has overwhelmingly rejected a plan to give greater rights to Indigenous people in a referendum.

igh-profile ’no’ campaigners who oppose a voice to Australia’s parliament are confident the referendum will fail and have called for unity after the vote and greater action to assist Indigenous people.

Hospitals in Gaza are at risk of turning into morgues, Fabrizio Carboni, the regional director for the Near and Middle East for the International Committee of the Red Cross said.

In the South Asian nation of Sri Lanka, an intricate web of economic challenges and strategic maneuvering is currently unfolding. The island nation finds itself caught between a mounting debt crisis and the strategic influence of China, its largest l

While Maldives President-Elect Dr. Mohamed Muizzu has been branded as being pro-China, former Foreign Minister Dunya Maumoon said that the new President is expected to be ’’pro-many countries’’.

Jailed former Maldives President Abdulla Yameen was transferred from prison to house arrest on Sunday, fulfilling the campaign promise of his party candidate who won the presidential election runoff.

Canada and India, two nations with long-standing diplomatic ties, have recently found themselves embroiled in a series of tensions that threaten to strain their historically amicable relationship. Central to this unfolding discord is the rise of Hind

As Bangladesh gears up for its upcoming election early next year, the country finds itself facing a deepening crisis, reminiscent of the challenges recently witnessed in Sri Lanka.

G20 nations have been riven over the Ukraine war since Moscow’s invasion last year, with Russian President Vladimir Putin skipping the summit entirely to dodge political opprobrium.

China’s major private property developer Country Garden has revealed a record USD 6.7 billion loss for the first half of the year.

The Philippines, Malaysia, Taiwan and Vietnam have all rejected a map released by China recently that showed Beijing’s territorial sovereignty in the South China Sea, joining India in slamming its neighbour for territorial exaggeration.

’’21st century belongs to Asia and belongs to us all,’’ Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday in the presence of ASEAN leaders where he emphasised the importance of a rule-based world order.

US President Joe Biden will travel to India next week to participate in the G20 Summit and will have a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on September 8 on the sidelines of the historic meeting, the White House has announced.

Singapore President-elect Tharman Shanmugaratnam pledged to use his presidency to help build a future of optimism and solidarity among all Singaporeans.