China has poured resources into modernising and expanding its aviation capabilities as it faces off against the United States and others around regional flashpoints like Taiwan.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has introduced some reforms since coming to power after the 2016 death of dictator Islam Karimov, but rights groups say the country remains deeply authoritarian

The local government also reported knee-high floods across Santiago, a city of 1,50,000 people along an upper bank of the Cagayan river

Last week’s premiere of Arms and the Man by renowned Irish-born playwright George Bernard Shaw sparked raucous protests by nationalist groups

Iran’s state media say authorities have executed in public a man convicted of raping dozens of women over two decades

Israeli warplanes launched a strike at dawn targeting a residential apartment in a building in the Dawhet

The Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki volcano located in a remote island in East Nusa Tenggara province erupted earlier this month and has resulted in ash clouds

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s ruling alliance is looking to secure a majority in Parliament

The Indonesian and Australian militaries are holding joint combat drills off Indonesia’s main island of Java with about 2,000 troops training in air, maritime, amphibious and land operations