At least 13 people were killed in a gunfight between two unknown militant groups in India’s restive Manipur state yesterday, a police official said, seven months after ethnic clashes in the border state killed at least 180 people.

India’s opposition faces a “herculean task” in next year’s general elections against Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which wrested control of key states in a surprisingly strong showing in local polls.

The Emirati president of the UN’s COP28 talks said yesterday he respects climate science, after a leaked video showed him declaring that no science says phasing out fossil fuel will achieve climate goals.

At least 13 people were killed in a gunfight between two unknown militant groups in India's restive Manipur state today, a police official said, seven months after ethnic clashes in the border state killed at least 180 people

There are more than 40 million native Kannada speakers in India, and it is one of the country's 22 official languages and one of over 121 languages spoken by 10,000 people or more in the world's most populous nation.

The Philippines said yesterday more than 135 Chinese vessels were “swarming” a reef off its coast, describing the boats’ growing presence as “alarming”.

At least four people were killed and dozens wounded in a bomb attack on a Catholic mass in the insurgency-plagued southern Philippines yesterday, with President Ferdinand Marcos blaming “foreign terrorists”.

Nine people were killed and more than a dozen injured in an attack on a gold mine in northern Peru, authorities said on Saturday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi says the polls outcome would resonate in upcoming parliamentary elections in a few months when he seeks a third consecutive mandate to govern the country

Users are spending more time online. Among children, social media consumption has skyrocketed compared to pre-pandemic levels. In the US, tech giants are on trial for endangering minors with addictive platforms

The military leaders of Burkina Faso and Niger said yesterday they would quit the G5 anti-jihadist force in Africa’s Sahel area, the latest blow to the fight against insurgents in one of the world’s most troubled regions.

South Korea confirmed yesterday its first military spy satellite had reached orbit after a successful SpaceX rocket launch and that communication was established with ground control.

The United Nations called yesterday for nations to rescue hundreds of Rohingya it said were trapped onboard two unseaworthy vessels adrift in the Andaman Sea.

The COP28 climate talks in Dubai have kicked off with a flurry of financial commitments for action on global warming, led by its big-spending, oil-rich host the United Arab Emirates

The White House National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby yesterday stressed that the US continues to improve its strategic partnership with India.

The Philippines has built a new coast guard station on the contested island of Thitu in the South China Sea, boosting its ability to monitor movements of Chinese vessels and aircraft in the busy disputed waterway.

I moved in on a Wednesday. I took out all the money I had in my fixed deposit and bought new furniture. It took me a while to refurbish the entire apartment and make it look similar to how I had left it in my childhood. The hardest part was managing a CRT TV that still worked. It’s been two months since Aisha died but I’ve been planning this move since before our wedding. Imagine being so selfish that you deliberately push your only child to settle abroad so that you can move into your childhood home without anyone pulling you back.

World leaders take centre stage at UN climate talks in Dubai today, under pressure to step up efforts to limit global warming as the Israel-Hamas conflict casts a shadow over the summit..The COP28 conference kicked off on Thursday with an early victory as nations agreed to launch a "loss a

Singapore and Zurich tied for the world's most expensive city this year, followed by Geneva, New York and Hong Kong, the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) said today as it cautioned that the global cost-of-living crisis was not yet over

At least 13 people were killed in a hostel fire that broke out in Kazakhstan's largest city Almaty before sunrise on Thursday, according to the city's emergency situations department