India’s army chief said yesterday that the head of Pakistan’s military operations had been told to control what he said were drone intrusions from Pakistan into India, months after the nuclear-armed rivals engaged in their worst fighting in decades.

Myanmar’s dominant pro-military party yesterday claimed a majority of elected lower house seats in the country’s junta-run polls, which democracy watchdogs say will prolong the armed forces’ grip.

Russia battered Ukraine with more than two dozen missiles and hundreds of drones early yesterday, killing four people and pummelling another power plant, piling more pressure on Ukraine’s brittle energy system.

Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev said Greenlanders could vote to join Russia if US President Donald Trump did not move quickly to secure the Arctic island, Interfax reported on Monday.

Washington announced Monday Venezuelan opposition figure Maria Corina Machado will meet President Donald Trump this week as pressure grew on the interim leadership in Caracas to speed up the release of political prisoners.

Beijing has rejected New Delhi’s claim over the Shaksgam valley in Jammu and Kashmir and said that the territory “belongs to China”.

US President Donald Trump yesterday urged Iranians to continue nationwide protests, promising that help “was on its way,” as the death toll from more than two weeks of violence crossed 2,000.

At least 100 children have been killed by Israeli airstrikes and ground forces in Gaza since the start of a tenuous ceasefire three months ago, the United Nations said yesterday.

Will be charged with 'waging war against God', Tehran prosecutor says

Urged protesters to keep records of 'killers and abusers'

Says terrorists were behind the deaths of both protesters and security personnel

The United Nations rights chief voiced horror Tuesday at the mounting violence directed at protesters across Iran, amid reports that hundreds have been killed

The demonstrations moved from protesting economic grievances to demanding a wholesale change from the clerical system that has ruled Iran since the 1979 revolution that ousted the shah.

Members of US congress also issued a statement Monday saying a delegation will visit Copenhagen on Friday and Saturday, en route to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland

The government's call for rallies in support of the Islamic republic drew thousands

Trump has warned Rodriguez to toe Washington's line or face the consequences

Iran's main trading partners are China, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates and Iraq

Almost 4-day internet blackout makes it extremely difficult to independently verify deaths, says IHR

Winter snowfall on the Himalayas has sharply declined, leaving many peaks bare and rocky, meteorologists report.

Sri Lanka asked China to help rebuild key infrastructure damaged by Cyclone Ditwah, which killed at least 641 people and caused extensive damage, the island’s foreign minister said yesterday.