Russia has a bright future, President Vladimir Putin said on Friday, pointing to the country’s enormous resources. "As for the future, everyone actually has a future but the key question is what kind of future it will be. I am confident that Russia has a bright future.

A magnitude 6.2 earthquake, which measured a weak 5 on the shindo (intensity) scale, was detected at a depth of 50 kilometers off eastern Chiba Prefecture on Friday at 7:03 p.m., jolting nearby areas including Tokyo. No tsunami warning was issued, according to the Meteorological

South Korean police have launched an investigation after Asiana Airlines said a passenger opened a door on a flight shortly before the aircraft landed safely in the city of Daegu on Friday. The Airbus A321 plane landed at Daegu airport at around 12:40 pm  after departing from the

Japan announced fresh sanctions against Russia on Friday over its invasion of Ukraine, targeting its military as well as the construction and engineering sectors. Russia was hit with a wave of sanctions after it sent forces into Ukraine in February last year, but calls have grown from

An und­a­u­nted Imran Khan on Thursday challenged the way his supporters are being treated over riots, urging the Supreme Court to declare the arrests, inv­e­s­tigation and trial of civi­lians in peacetime under the Army Act and the Official Secrets Act as the

The man was taken into custody outside a farm near the city of Nakano in Nagano region, with police confirming a fourth fatality overnight -- an elderly woman who was found injured at the scene and later pronounced dead. Another woman and two police officers were earlier confirmed dead

After months of anticipation, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has officially launched his United States presidential campaign in a rocky, glitch-filled broadcast over Twitter. “We need the courage to lead and we must have the strength to win,” he said after technical issues

India's new parliament is set to be inaugurated this weekend amid a political row as 19 opposition parties say they will boycott the ceremony. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the building on Sunday. But opposition leaders say India's president, the highest

Russia’s prime minister signed a set of agreements with China on Wednesday during a trip to Beijing, describing bilateral ties at an unprecedented high, despite criticism of their relationship in the West as the war in Ukraine drags on. Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, the

The number of people living in modern slavery has risen sharply in the last five years, according to a new report. North Korea and Eritrea have the highest rates in the world. There has been a significant rise in the number of people becoming victims of modern slavery in recent years,

Russia said Tuesday it scrambled a Su-27 fighter jet to "prevent violations of the state border" by two U.S. Air Force strategic bombers flying over the Baltic Sea. "Russia's airspace surveillance spotted two air targets approaching the state border of the Russian

Artillery fire could be heard in parts of Khartoum and warplanes flew overhead on Tuesday, residents said, though an internationally monitored ceasefire appeared to have brought some respite from heavy fighting in the Sudanese capital. Night-time airstrikes were reported in at least

Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan has been granted bail in multiple cases by an anti-terrorism court in capital Islamabad. Media reports on Tuesday said the chief of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party was granted bail until June 8 in eight cases related to

Sinan Ogan, who finished third in last week’s Turkish presidential election, has thrown his support behind the incumbent, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, for the run-off that takes place on May 28. Ogan endorsed Erdogan at a news conference in the capital Ankara on Monday and said his

Sudan’s army conducted air attacks in the capital Khartoum, hours before the deal aimed at allowing the delivery of aid was due to take effect. A week-long ceasefire period agreed by Sudan’s warring factions and designed to allow for the delivery of aid has begun after the

US President Joe Biden and top Republican Kevin McCarthy have called their latest talks on the debt ceiling productive but no deal has yet been reached. "I believe we can get a deal done," House Speaker McCarthy told reporters. While acknowledging areas of disagreement, Mr

At least 20 youths were killed and several injured in a school dormitory blaze in Guyana, the South American country’s fire brigade said on Monday. It is not yet known how the fire started on Sunday in a dormitory housing girls aged 11 to 12 and 16 to 17, a person who helped the

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said his conservative party had unleashed a “political earthquake” with a thumping win in Sunday’s election but hinted that he would seek another election in order to secure an absolute majority that would allow the party to

The transfer of F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine would raise the question of NATO’s involvement in the conflict, Russia’s Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov has said. “There is no infrastructure for the operation of the F-16 in Ukraine and the needed number

India is holding a key G20 tourism meeting in Kashmir amid heightened security and opposition from China. The working group meeting is being held in Srinagar, the summer capital of the federally administrated territory, from Monday to Wednesday. This is the biggest international