BRUSSELS, July 23 — The European Union on Thursday slapped Google with fines worth 890 million euros (US$1 billion) in a move that risks escalating tensions with the United States. […]

MANILA, July 23 — The Philippines accused China’s coast guard of firing water cannon and using a “dangerous manoeuvre” on Thursday to block vessels bringing aid to Filipino fishermen near

MANILA, July 23 — Foreign ministers from fuel-stressed Southeast Asia will call for freedom of navigation in international straits when they wrap a week of meetings largely overshadowed by the

NEW DELHI, July 23 — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi vowed on Thursday “stringent punishment” for those involved in exam fraud that has fuelled student anger, in his first direct

BANGKOK, July 23 — Five Thai soldiers were killed in a shooting and bomb attack at a checkpoint in the country’s insurgency-hit south, the army said, one of the deadliest

SEOUL, July 23 — South Korean investigators raided the election commission on Thursday over indications its officials falsified vote turnout figures in June local elections, a spokesman told AFP. Dozens

PARIS, July 23 — A French modelling scout with close ties to convicted US sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has been found dead at his home outside Paris, prosecutors and his

DUBAI, July 23 — Yemen’s Houthi rebels claimed to have struck two Saudi oil tankers in the Red Sea on Wednesday, potentially opening a new front in the US-Iran war

WASHINGTON, July 23 — The United States on Wednesday announced a landmark deal with Saudi Arabia that would establish a civilian nuclear program in the Gulf country, with Washington insisting

  NEW DELHI, July 23 —  Racing against a stopwatch, a group of women folds bedsheets as they train to join an Indian startup that offers instant home services, transforming a