Nepalese Tourism Minister Rabindra Adhikari has been confirmed dead in a helicopter crash in the east of the country, according to a home ministry spokesman. Adhikari was among seven people on board the private helicopter,

MOSCOW: Russia and Syria issued a joint statement on Wednesday calling on US forces to leave Syria and to allow people inside a refugee camp in the southeast of the country to be evacuated

MOSCOW: Russia and Syria issued a joint statement on Wednesday calling on US forces to leave Syria and to allow people inside a refugee camp in the southeast of the country to be evacuated

TEHRAN: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani rejected Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif's resignation on Wednesday, the government's official website said. "I believe your resignation is against the country's interests and do not approve it," Rouhani

Pakistan says it carried out air raids in Indian-administered Kashmir and shot down two Indian jets in its own airspace, capturing two pilots as tensions escalate a day after India bombed targets in Pakistan. Indian air force planes strayed

India and Pakistan are on the brink of a major confrontation after Pakistan claimed to have shot down two Indian fighter jets in response to New Delhi's bombing of alleged "terror" targets inside Pakistan.

US President Donald Trump's ex-lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen plans to accuse the former of being "a racist", "a conman" and "a cheat" who committed "illicit acts" before Congress on Wednesday, according to a draft testimony (PDF) released

Pakistan has placed a ban on the screening of all Bollywood films in cinemas across the country after Indian air raids further escalated tensions between the South Asian neighbours.  On Wednesday, Pakistan confirmed it carried out

Hanoi, Vietnam - Days before US President Donald Trump reached Hanoi for his meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, another Donald was making waves in the Vietnamese capital. That was "Billionaire Donald",

BEIRUT: Lebanese President Michel Aoun pledged the safe return of Syrian refugees, with the European Union (EU) confirming it was ready to help in all areas of repatriation. Aoun met the EU’s foreign policy chief,