The prospect of retaking one of India's most competitive exams was so daunting for 19-year-old Sheikh
July 25, 2026
U.N. human rights chief Volker Türk won a second term Friday despite opposition from the United States, Russia and Israel to keep him in one of the most controversial United Nations posts for four more years
July 25, 2026
China's top police chief and the head of the U.S.
July 24, 2026
Pakistan is exploring a path towards a resumption of stalled U.S.-Iran talks over ending their
July 24, 2026
Chinese ships fired water cannons at Philippine vessels, including one carrying a CNN crew, near a dangerous flashpoint in the South China Sea on Friday – the third tense confrontation this week in the contested waters.
July 24, 2026
Singaporean state investor Temasek is looking to increase its investments in defence as the war in Ukraine prompts European
July 24, 2026
It's all about central banks next week and interest rate-setters as distant as Tokyo, Washington and London will only grow more nervous as war escalation in the Middle East
July 24, 2026
China's central bank said on Friday it would conduct overnight reverse repo operations via the open market from July 29 to 31 and on August 3 to better meet short-term
July 24, 2026
Leaders of India's youth-led "cockroach" movement said the government has asked for time until Saturday afternoon to respond on their demand for the education minister's
July 24, 2026
Taiwan's central bank on Friday emphasised its good relations with the U.S.
July 24, 2026
When Indian television reporter Dev Kotak went to cover a massive youth protest against Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government
July 24, 2026
Bangladesh President Mohammed Shahabuddin, a former ally of ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, has resigned citing serious health issues, his office said on
July 24, 2026
Chinese coast guard ships have fired water cannons at two Philippine fisheries vessels in the South China Sea
July 24, 2026
Japan's core consumer prices rose 1.6% in June from a year earlier, government data showed on Friday.
July 24, 2026
Malaysia's ambassador to the United States was summoned by the U.S.
July 24, 2026
China on Friday warned of heavy rain and severe flood risks as the third tropical cyclone this month tracked closer to the country's southern coast, where it is expected
July 24, 2026
Chinese pastor Ezra Jin Mingri recounts how his fears turned to uncertainty and then joy after he was unexpectedly released from detention in China
July 24, 2026
Japan's manufacturing activity remained broadly firm in July with output rising at its fastest rate since February 2014, while uncertainty about the Middle East situation
July 24, 2026
Young protesters in India are camping on the streets of New Delhi
July 23, 2026
The death toll from a landslide in the southwestern Chinese city of Chongqing last week has risen to 11, with 50 people still missing and 10 injured, Chinese state media
July 23, 2026
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio says the Trump administration is ready to help end the war in Ukraine but acknowledges there's no quick path to a deal
July 23, 2026
The participation of Myanmar leaders in top meetings of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations is "still far off", the Philippines' foreign minister said on Thursday.
July 23, 2026
Authorities have recovered the bodies of 13 workers trapped inside a collapsed hydropower tunnel in India
July 23, 2026
South Korea is abandoning a "denuclearisation first" policy in favour of a "peace first" approach towards North Korea, Unification Minister Chung Dong-young
July 23, 2026
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