SEOUL, Aug 26 — South Korea said today it had scrambled fighter jets in response to Russian military aircraft entering its air defence zone, the second such incursion in weeks.

  SYDNEY, Aug 26 — Australian under-16s are increasing their use of social media apps such as Instagram and Tiktok despite a world-leading ban, data provided by a parental control

TOKYO, Aug 26 — Japan plans to provide support for alternative pipelines in the Middle East as it seeks to improve energy security in the wake of the Iran war,

TEHRAN, Aug 26 — Long queues formed at petrol stations in Tehran yesterday after the US announced fresh sanctions aimed at pressuring Iran into submission. Washington has turned to pulling

KATHMANDU, Aug 26 — Nepal’s Prime Minister Balendra Shah may keep his signature dark sunglasses on in the legislature due to medical reasons, an official said yesterday, after the parliament

GENEVA, Aug 26 — One million children in Afghanistan are suffering from life-threatening malnutrition in a worsening crisis sweeping the country, the United Nations warned yesterday. Across Afghanistan, 3.7 million

JANNATAH, PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES, Aug 26 — Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank yesterday attacked AFP journalists reporting on tension with Palestinians, in violence that left at least five people

NEW YORK, Aug 26 — A US federal judge yesterday rejected a bid by Ghislaine Maxwell, a key accomplice of notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, to throw out her conviction

PATNA, Aug 26 — Indian students and unemployed youth clashed with police yesterday as they marched towards the residence of the chief minister of the eastern state of Bihar, demanding

COLOMBO, Aug 26 — Sri Lanka is seeking international bids for offshore oil and gas exploration, authorities announced yesterday, more than a decade after an Indian firm abandoned commercial drilling