Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will travel to China this weekend for his first visit in seven years, joining Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin at a regional security summit in Tianjin. The trip comes amid strained …

In Iraq, people have been struggling to cope with one of the worst droughts on record. Water levels in the vital Tigris River have dropped significantly, and parts of the country are facing a severe water crisis. Yet the dry conditions have proved to …

Nearly half a million people have been displaced in eastern Pakistan after days of torrential rain caused rivers to overflow, rescue officials said, as large-scale operations continue amid a devastating monsoon season. The Punjab Disaster Management A…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky condemned the “horrific murder” of Andriy Parubiy, a leading figure in Ukraine’s 2014 pro-European “Maidan” protest movement, who was shot and killed in Lviv on Saturday. A former speaker of parliament, Parubiy, …

In the West Bank, Palestinians have begun organizing night patrols to safeguard their communities from settler attacks, a practice that has become an essential element of local security amid rising tensions with Israeli settlers. These patrols serve a…

This week offers another occasion for Russia and China to showcase what they describe as a ‘no-limits’ partnership. It isn’t just about politics: their intertwined, though unequal, economic relationship is also key to understanding their ties. France …

South Australia will become the first place in the world to ban soy sauce fish-shaped containers as part of a wider cutdown on single-use plastic.

China’s Xi Jinping welcomed on Sunday Russia’s Vladimir Putin, India’s Narendra Modi and leaders from around 20 countries to the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Tianjin, a high-security gathering aimed at boosting Beijing’s influence and p…