President Donald Trump yesterday abruptly cut off a meeting with US congressional Democrats on infrastructure spending, then ripped into them over intensifying investigations by lawmakers and US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s accusation that he is engaged in a cover-up.

Sudan’s military wants to hand power to a democratically elected government as soon as possible in the tumultuous aftermath of former president Omar al-Bashir’s overthrow, a prominent general said in an interview published yesterday.

Indonesian police fired water cannon and rubber bullets at protesters setting fires and trying to breach barbed wire barricades yesterday as demonstrations over the outcome of the presidential election hit the capital for a second night.

Russia’s government-owned news service RT has denounced a BBC comedy chat show featuring a 3D animation of Vladimir Putin interviewing the likes of Alastair Campbell.

It may be bold and booming but Bollywood needs a fresh approach if it wants to gain traction at the world’s top film festival in Cannes, a leading Indian actress says.

Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has called for collective efforts amongst SCO member countries to meet the present day challenges and to achieve sustainable development.

Prime Minister Theresa May’s final Brexit gambit was in tatters yesterday as lawmakers in her own party rejected a compromise offer and called for her to resign immediately.

Congress president Rahul Gandhi yesterday dismissed as “fake” exit polls predicting a clear election victory for Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a day before the scheduled release of results.

Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar yesterday stepped in as efforts for opposition unity again intensified ahead of the Lok Sabha election results today.

India said the world’s fastest cruise missile passed another key test yesterday when it successfully hit a land target after being fired from a fighter jet.

India yesterday successfully placed into orbit radar imaging earth observation satellite RISAT-2B, the third in the RISAT series – after RISAT-2 and RISAT-1.

The Chinese government's top diplomat Wang Yi said on Wednesday US pressure on Chinese firms such as tech giant Huawei Technologies Co Ltd is economic bullying ...