Beleaguered Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has appointed a 17-member cabinet even as protests calling for him to resign grow larger.
Mr Rajapaksa had initially dismissed his cabinet of ministers and had called on opposition parties to help form a...
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan lost a crucial trust vote in the National Assembly past midnight on Saturday, becoming the first premier in the country's history to be removed through a no-confidence motion. Mr. Khan, 69, was not present...
Hong Kong's leader Carrie Lam announced she would not seek a second term in office after a controversial tenure that has seen many of the territory's civil freedoms eroded.
As chief executive, Ms. Lam oversaw a turbulent period where massive...
North Korea has fired what is believed to be its first intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) in more than four years as Western leaders gathered in Brussels for a security summit.
The suspected ICBM flew to an altitude of 6,000 kilometers...
Pakistan's president has dissolved parliament - a step towards early elections - following an attempt to remove PM Imran Khan from office.
It comes after parliament's deputy speaker refused to hold a vote of no-confidence the PM was expected to...
Former Pakistan prime minister and 1992 ODI World Cup-winning captain Imran Khan has been sentenced to 14 years in prison. The case, known in Pakistan as the Toshakhana reference, has to do with selling gifts he was given in his capacity...
China has vowed to “fight to the very end” to stop Taiwanese independence and warned that foreign interference in Taiwan is “doomed to fail”, stoking already soaring tensions with the United States over the self-ruled island.
“If anyone dares to...
Beijing: Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin toasted a friendship with "no limits" at a warm meeting in February, but just one month later that bond is being tested by the war in Ukraine.
With international outrage...
His infamous father was ousted from office in a 1986 revolt.
MANILA, Philippines — The namesake son of late Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos appeared to have been elected Philippine president by a landslide in an astonishing reversal of the 1986...
South Korea, Japan condemn ‘provocations’ after North Korea fires three missiles, including a suspected ICBM, off its east coast.
North Korea has test-fired three missiles off its east coast, including a suspected intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), according to the governments...
