Russia sees no point in a weak ceasefire to freeze the war in Ukraine but Moscow wants a legally binding deal for a lasting ...

South Korea's main opposition party said it will introduce a bill to impeach acting President Han Duck-soo on Thursday and ...

China on Thursday revised up its 2023 gross domestic product (GDP) by 2.7% to 129.4 trillion yuan ($17.73 trillion), the head ...

Survivors and families of victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami 20 years ago visited mass graves, lit candles and comforted one another across Southeast and South Asia in ceremonies on Thursday to mark ...

Asia shares rose slightly in holiday-thinned trade on Thursday, extending gains from earlier in the week with little news or ...

JERUSALEM, Dec 26 (Reuters) - Israel's ultranationalist security minister ascended to the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in ...

Five people were killed in Gaza City's Zeitoun neighborhood. In a separate incident, five journalists were killed when their ...

Pope Francis made a visit on Thursday to one of the largest prison complexes in Italy, opening a special "Holy Door" for the ...

Japan's crude steel output is expected to fall 2.4% in the first three months of 2025 due to slow demand from the ...

Kazakhstan's senate chairman said on Thursday that the cause of the Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash was still unknown.

China's commerce ministry on Thursday said it has resumed regular quarantine inspections for lobsters imported from Australia ...

Dubai's benchmark share index jumped to its highest level in more than a decade on Thursday, lifted by real estate and ...