WASHINGTON, Sept 21 — US President Donald Trump has changed his strategy on Yemen several times, The New York Times reported on Sunday, torn between Saudi pressure to strike the

TEHRAN, Sept 21 — The United States has refused to issue visas for members of Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian’s delegation, including his communications team, for this week’s trip to the

COLOMBO, Sept 21 — The Sri Lankan Navy has placed 171 disaster relief teams on standby and deployed another 14 teams across the Southern and Western provinces as heavy rains

PONTIANAK, Sept 21 — Dozens of planes and thousands of personnel fighting huge forest fires in Indonesia are struggling to contain them, authorities said Monday, while neighbouring Malaysia stepped up

BEIJING, Sept 21 — China’s leader Xi Jinping will visit the United States this week for talks with President Donald Trump, Beijing confirmed Monday, expressing hope they will strengthen “strategic

MOSCOW, Sept 21 — President Vladimir Putin’s United Russia party won a record 355 seats in Russia’s 450-seat Duma lower house of parliament, according to preliminary results from the three

BEIJING, Sept 21 — Top leaders of China’s ruling Communist Party will gather for a major meeting in October, state media said today. The fifth plenary session of the 20th Central

NEW YORK, Sept 21 — US and Chinese economic officials discussed creating a communication channel for AI concerns at meetings yesterday as they set the stage for a summit of

TOKYO, Sept 21 — Typhoon Dujuan forced the cancellation of at least 275 flights in Japan today and prompted warnings of potentially record-breaking rainfall as the storm nears Tokyo. The typhoon,

MOSCOW, Sept 21 — Russia vowed today to “intensify” its strikes on Kyiv in response to Ukrainian drone attacks on Moscow, as an exit poll showed the ruling United Russia