'Get us out of this hellhole': SOS messages by UN staff in Gaza

The 13,000-strong staff working with the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees is “terrified and tired” and described the situation in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip as a......

Free hostages, allow aid in Gaza: UN chief to Hamas, Israel

United Nations chief Antonio Guterres has called on Hamas to immediately release all hostages without conditions and urged Israel to allow rapid and unimpeded access to humanitarian aid for......

'Gaza is running out of water, electricity, even body bags'

'Answer to killing civilians cannot be to kill more civilians. Imposing a siege and bombarding civilian infrastructure in a densely populated area will not bring peace and security to the region'......

When Kamala Harris Met Xi Jinping

For almost two years after Joe Biden and Kamala Harris were sworn in as POTUS and Veep, there were no face to face meetings with Xi Jinping, who anointed himself as China's supreme leader possibly......

RCEP a done deal, but signing put off to Feb: Sources

Leaders of India and 15 Asia-Pacific countries are expected to announce later on Monday the successful conclusion of seven-year negotiations to create the world's largest free trade region --......

India has stopped working in bureaucratic manner: PM in Thailand

IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, left, and Thailand's Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha at the ASEAN-India Summit on the sidelines of the 35th......

India, ASEAN can be 'great partners': Modi

"My government has been in office for six months and the intensity and momentum with which we have enhanced our engagement in the East, is a reflection of the priority that we give to this region,"......

Thailand wants to expand rail network to link India, China

Thailand's military junta has said that it wants to widen the country's railway tracks and expand the network to form transport links with important markets in India and China. The chief of the......

Wrong entries raise COVID-19 alarm in Indian camp at Olympics

IMAGE: The Indian shooting team during a training session in Tokyo. Photograph: SAI Media/Twitter Wrong entries in the health status application caused a COVID-19 scare in the Indian camp at the......

Wife of jailed Bahraini footballer begs Thai PM for his release

'He would go back to face imprisonment, torture and possible death. Please help my husband. I don't want to lose him.' IMAGE: Bahraini footballer Hakeem Al Araibi was convicted of vandalising a......

Football Extras: 'Trophies more important for United than top four'

News of all that's transpired on and off the football field IMAGE: Although Manchester United coach Ole Gunnar Solskjaer admits a league title challenge is unrealistic this season, he backs the......

PHOTOS: Nadal and Djokovic go sightseeing in Bangkok

Novak Djokovic of Serbia, left, and Rafael Nadal of Spain hold garlands as they pray during their visit to the Erawan shrine. Photograph: Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters Tennis titans Rafael Nadal......