Geography of Asia
China Lodges Protest Over Indian Border Incursion Claim
China has made a formal protest after accusing Indian border guards of crossing from Sikkim state into its Tibetan...
Tillerson To Meet Qatari Counterpart In Washington
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will meet with his Qatari counterpart Tuesday in Washington, after the US...
Russia FM Lavrov Urges US To Prevent ‘provocations’ In Syria
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Monday urged US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to prevent "provocations"...
Key US Republican Threatens To Block Arms To Gulf
A top Republican lawmaker on Monday threatened to block US arms sales to members of the six-nation Gulf Cooperation...
Bahrain Accuses Qatar of ‘military Escalation’
Bahrain's foreign minister on Monday accused Qatar of a "military escalation" in the Gulf diplomatic crisis, an...
In Mongolia, Democracy Unfolds In A Yurt
At 6:55 a.m. on Monday, a man in rural Mongolia stood outside a yurt and looked down at his watch. Five minutes...
Weary Mongolians To Vote After ‘dark’ Campaigns
Mongolians head to the polls on Monday to choose between a horse breeder, a judoka and a feng shui master after a...
Iran Seeks Stronger Ties With Qatar
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Sunday said his country wants to bolster ties with Qatar and rejected a Saudi-led...
US Urges Qatar and Saudi-Led Group To ‘lower Rhetoric’
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson called Sunday for a "lowering of rhetoric" between Qatar and a four-nation group...
Israel Targets Syria After Fresh Stray Fire
Israeli forces fired on Syrian regime positions after projectiles from the war-torn country hit the occupied Golan...
UAE President In First Appearance Since 2014 Stroke
United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahyan made his first public appearance Sunday since...
Pakistan Deploys 15,000-Strong Force For Chinese Security
Pakistan has deployed a 15,000-strong military force to protect Chinese nationals working on energy and infrastructure...
Five Killed In Gondola Accident In Indian Kashmir
Five people including two children were killed Sunday when a tree fell on a gondola at a ski resort in...
Indian Soldiers, Suspected Rebels, Clash At Kashmir School
Government forces in Indian-administered Kashmir were locked in an intense battle Sunday with armed militants who took...
Erdogan Says Saudi-Led Ultimatum On Qatar ‘against International Law’
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday welcomed Qatar's dismissal of a sweeping list of demands from Saudi...
Assad Leads Prayers In Rare Appearance Outside Damascus
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad led Eid al-Fitr prayers in the central city of Hama on Sunday, appearing in public...
Egypt’s Sisi Ratifies Handover of Islands To Saudi Arabia
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi ratified a treaty that hands over two Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia in a deal...
Egypt’s Sisi Ratifies Island Handover To Saudi Arabia
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi ratified a treaty that hands over two Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia in a deal...
Israel Launches Raid On Syria In Return For Projectile Fire
An Israeli aircraft carried out a strike on Syria after 10 projectiles fired from the war-torn country hit the occupied...