India reported a record daily jump in the number of novel coronavirus cases Friday as the southern city of Chennai locked down following fresh outbreaks there. Given India's high population density, experts have long worried that a sustained COVID-19 outbreak would lead to pressure on its...

The United States is no longer mentioned in a draft resolution before the UN Human Rights Council condemning systemic racism and police brutality, a revised version of the text showed Friday. The UN's top rights body is due to vote Friday afternoon on a draft resolution initially presented...

The Taliban on Friday played down concerns that Afghanistan could be used as a launching ground for future attacks on the West, after the US said it had so far upheld its pledge to reduce its military presence in the country. The top US commander for the region said it cut the number of...

The recent border clashes between India and China in the Western Himalyas that led to the death of 20 Indian soldiers earlier this week, have prompted a hardening of anti-China sentiment in India that the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, cannot ignore. India has traditionally been a non-aligned...