Sri Lanka's new president and scourge of the Tamil Tigers Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Monday urged minorities unnerved by his election victory

An endangered Sumatran Tiger has mauled to death an Indonesian farmer and seriously injured a domestic tourist, a conservation official said Monday.

Candidates loyal to Belarus's authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko have swept to victory in parliamentary elections,

Police in the California city of Fresno were investigating a mass shooting at a football game party on Sunday in which at least 10 people were shot, killing four

China confirmed on Monday that its first domestically built aircraft carrier had sailed through the Taiwan Strait for "routine" training and tests after Taipei accused Beijing of intimidation

Several Asian airlines have cut flights to Hong Kong over the coming weeks, an industry scheduling publication showed

China on Monday called on the US military to stop flexing its muscles in the South China Sea and to avoid adding "new uncertainties" over Taiwan

Hong Kong police fired tear gas and rubber bullets on Monday to force back anti-government protesters trying to escape a university where hundreds are holed up

Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday said the government would work with all political parties in a constructive manner to address pending legislations as well as to frame policy solutions for wide-ranging issues.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal yesterday reiterated that the air pollution in the national capital was due to stubble burning and said as the farm fires were coming to an end, the air quality was improving.

Amid the tussle to form a government in Maharashtra, power politics was in full swing on the seventh death anniversary of Shiv Sena founder Balasaheb Thackeray in Mumbai yesterday.

Thousands of birds have died at India’s largest inland saltwater lake from suspected botulism, officials said yesterday.