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Air raid sirens blared across the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, as Russia kept pounding the city for the second night in a row. The drone attacks early on Monday targeted critical infrastructure in Kyiv and the surrounding region, according…

South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol has said that Seoul and Washington are discussing joint exercises involving US nuclear assets in order to counter North Korea’s growing atomic and missile programs. In an interview with the Chosun…

Four people from Tamil Nadu, who were heading towards Gokarna after New Year celebrations in Goa, were killed when the car that the group of friends was traveling in collided head-on with a Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation…

Japan joined the U.N. Security Council as a nonpermanent member Sunday, starting a two-year stint amid growing calls for the world body's reform following its failure to halt Russia's aggression in Ukraine. Tokyo takes a nonpermanent…

Flight delays and cancellations greeted travelers flying in and out of the Philippine capital on New Year’s Day, after a power failure at the country’s air traffic management center disrupted communication with all planes. Local air…

India on Sunday called on Pakistan to release and repatriate 631 Indian fishermen and two civilian prisoners who have completed their jail-term and whose nationality has been confirmed. In addition, Islamabad has also been urged to…

North Korea fired a ballistic missile toward the Sea of Japan on Sunday, the South Korean military said, a day after Pyongyang fired three short-range ballistic missiles toward the sea. The North said Sunday it had test-fired…

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida pledged in his New Year's address Sunday that Japan will play a leading role in diplomacy in 2023 as the host of the Group of Seven summit while serving as a nonpermanent member of the U.N. Security Council.…

President Xi Jinping said China has entered a new phase in its fight against the coronavirus and tough challenges remain, his most frank public comments on the reversal of the zero-Covid policy that has resulted in nationwide outbreaks and…

Malaysia’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim will be visiting Indonesia in his first official visit since assuming the premiership more than a month ago. He will be meeting President Joko Widodo during his two-day visit to Jakarta that will…