EU negotiators agreed on Wednesday to new visa-processing rules under which countries that refuse to take back migrants living illegally in the European Union could be hit with complications ...

President Vladimir Putin promised Russians rapid improvements in their living conditions as he delivered his annual state of the nation address Wednesday under pressure from falling approval ratings.

One of the four people who were found in the avalanche that swept a ski slope in the Swiss Crans Montana resort has died, police said on Wednesday.

Taiwan will not accept any peace agreement with China that undermines its sovereignty and democracy, President Tsai Ing-wen told visiting members of the European Parliament on Wednesday.

Hundreds of students have fled fighting in Indonesia's restive Papua province, a local NGO said, amid unconfirmed reports of violent military reprisals after a massacre of civilian workers by separatist rebels.

Venezuela's military said Tuesday it was on alert at its frontiers following threats by US President Donald Trump and suspended air and sea links with the island of Curacao ahead of a planned aid shipment.

A giant tortoise believed extinct for over 100 years has been discovered on the Galapagos island of Fernandina, Ecuador's environment minister said late on Tuesday.

The midterm elections on May 13 is significant for the Rodrigo Duterte administration to consolidate power and support for the 2022 polls, political analyst Ramon Casiple said yesterday.

Five decades after the first batch of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) was deployed to the Middle East during a massive oil boom in the 1970s, the region still remains the top recruiter of Filipino labour, a jobs company said.

Prime Minister Imran Khan pledged yesterday to take action if India produced proof that Pakistanis were involved in the Kashmir bombing that killed dozens of people last week.

A parliamentary delegation headed by Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani and comprising members from all major political parties, except the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), called on Saudi Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman at the Prime Minister House.

Tamil Nadu’s ruling All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party yesterday announced it will fight the Lok Sabha elections in alliance with the Pattali Makkal Katchi and the Bharatiya Janata Party, allotting seven and five of the 39 seats respectively to them.