Kathmandu, Nepal - China has granted Nepal access to its land and sea ports, top officials of the two countries announced earlier this month, ending the landlocked Himalayan nation's dependence on India for trading routes.

Argentina's former President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner was indicted on Monday on charges that her administration accepted bribes from construction companies in exchange for public works contracts, according to an indictment released by a federal judge. The

Russian President Vladimir Putin has said the downing of a Russian military plane by Syrian air defences was the result of a "tragic chain of circumstances", in an apparent effort to calm tensions after

TRIPOLI: New clashes flared between rival militias south of Libya’s capital Tripoli on Tuesday, causing widespread power outages, the national electricity firm said.The fighting underscored the fragility of a United Nations-backed cease-fire reached earlier

TRIPOLI: New clashes flared between rival militias south of Libya’s capital Tripoli on Tuesday, causing widespread power outages, the national electricity firm said.The fighting underscored the fragility of a United Nations-backed cease-fire reached earlier

AMMAN/BEIRUT: Syrian opposition officials praised a deal between Russia and Turkey over Idlib province on Tuesday, saying it had spared the rebel-held region a bloody government offensive and would thwart President Bashar al-Assad’s aim

German Chancellor Angela Merkel's government has removed the country's domestic spy chief, who has faced accusations of harbouring far-right sympathies - but transferred him to an essentially more senior role amid efforts to end an impasse

There is now a face and a name for the man who hopes to become the first paying passenger to fly to the moon. The US company, SpaceX, has said Yusaku Maezawa, a Japanese

China slapped $60bn-worth of tariffs on American goods on Tuesday in retaliation for new tariffs announced by the United States. US President Donald Trump said a day earlier he will impose 10 percent tariffs on

Ethiopia and Eritrea took one more important step towards normalising their relations on September 17, when Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki and Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed signed a peace agreement in the Saudi city