New York prosecutors yesterday began telling a jury why Donald Trump’s alleged cover-up of a hush money payment to a porn star during his 2016 campaign broke the law, as the first-ever criminal trial of a former US president got underway.

Gaza was hit by heavy Israeli shelling yesterday, with strikes reported in several areas in the centre and south of the besieged territory, as Prime Minister Netanyahu vowed “painful blows” on Hamas to free hostages.

India’s main opposition Congress party yesterday petitioned the Election Commission to act against Prime Minister Narendra Modi for making what it said were “deeply objectionable” comments about Muslims that violated election laws.

Egypt welcomed home a 3,400-year-old statue depicting the head of King Ramses II after it was stolen and smuggled out of the country more than three decades ago, the country’s antiquities ministry said on Sunday.

China said yesterday it would seek to strengthen ties with the Maldives, after pro-Beijing President Mohamed Muizzu’s party celebrated a landslide win in parliamentary polls in the strategic Indian Ocean nation.

A Russian military court yesterday sentenced in absentia Meta spokesman Andy Stone to six years behind bars for “justifying terrorism,” as part of efforts to restrict Western social media platforms in the country.

India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party got its first seat in the new Lok Sabha when its candidate Mukesh Dalal in the Surat constituency in Gujarat state was declared elected unopposed

A landslide parliamentary election victory for the Maldives' pro-China president clears the way for him to redraw the physical and geopolitical map of his strategically-located Indian Ocean archipelago in Beijing's favour, diplomats and analysts say

The health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said Monday that at least 34,151 people have been killed in the territory during more than six months of war between Israel and Palestinian militants

The Israeli military said today the chief of its intelligence directorate has resigned after taking responsibility for failures leading to the unprecedented October 7 attack by Hamas

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's remarks suggesting that Congress, if voted back to power in the ongoing general elections, would redistribute wealth to "those who have more children and infiltrators" has kicked up a row over "hate speech"

A Chinese woman who was posing for photos on an Indonesian volcano known for its stunning "blue fire" phenomenon died after stepping on her clothing and falling off a cliff on April 20

The two videos have been viewed on social media more than half a million times since last week, a Reuters review shows.

Only 40 of the world's 100 largest private firms have set net-zero carbon emissions targets to fight climate change, according to a report released Monday, lagging far behind public companies

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday he would fight against sanctions being imposed on any Israeli military units for alleged rights violations, after media reports said Washington was planning such a step

Gaza's civil defence said Sunday dozens of bodies had been found buried at a hospital complex previously raided by Israel, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to ramp up military pressure on Hamas

The party of Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu yesterday won control of parliament in an election landslide, results showed, with voters backing his tilt towards China and away from regional powerhouse and traditional benefactor India

Unknown gunmen killed two customs officers in western Pakistan, officials said yesterday, following the killing of five other customs officials in the area in recent days.

Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei praised the country’s armed forces for their “success” in his first public comments since Tehran launched an unprecedented direct attack on Israel last week.

India, staging the world’s biggest election, will re-run voting at 11 polling stations in the northeastern state of Manipur today after reports of violence and damage to voting machines in the state torn by months of ethnic clashes.