China and the Philippines on Monday defended their claims to a disputed reef in the South China Sea, after Manila accused Beijing of seeking to 鈥榠ntimidate and harass鈥� with a state media report that suggested the area had been seized.
Beijing on Monday insisted that 鈥榥o phone call鈥� took place recently between president Xi Jinping and his US counterpart, after Donald Trump said he had spoken with the Chinese leader.
Iran accused Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday of trying to dictate US policy in negotiations, after he called for the complete dismantling of Tehran鈥檚 nuclear programme and for the inclusion of its ballistic missile capabilities in any deal.
A top Palestinian official told the International Court of Justice Monday that Israel was blocking humanitarian aid to Palestinians in Gaza as a 鈥榳eapon of war鈥�, at the start of a week of hearings at the UN鈥檚 top court.
Canada elects a new government on Monday to confront annexation threats from the United States and deal directly with president Donald Trump, whose trade war has defined the campaign.
India has signed a contract to purchase 26 Rafale fighter jets from France, New Delhi鈥檚 defence ministry said on Monday, with the multi-billion-dollar deal to include both single and twin-seat planes.
India launched a sweeping crackdown on social media on Monday, banning more than a dozen Pakistani YouTube channels for allegedly spreading 鈥榩rovocative鈥� content following an attack in Kashmir.
Huthi rebel-controlled media in Yemen said Monday that US strikes targeted a migrant detention centre in the movement鈥檚 stronghold of Saada, killing at least 68 people.
At least seven people were killed and 21 others were wounded on Monday when a bomb exploded at the guest house of a pro-government tribal elder in Pakistan\'s turbulent northwest, police said.
North Korea confirmed for the first time it had deployed troops to Russia, with state news agency KCNA on Monday reporting that Pyongyang鈥檚 soldiers helped Moscow reclaim territory under Ukrainian control in the border region of Kursk...
Troops from Pakistan and India exchanged fire in disputed Kashmir for a third night in a row, officials said on Sunday, as relations between the nuclear-armed rivals plunged to their lowest level in years.
The health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza announced Sunday that the death toll from the war had risen to more than 52,000 people, after hundreds previously listed as missing were confirmed dead...
A driver killed at least nine people when he plowed a vehicle through a crowd at a Filipino cultural celebration in Vancouver, police in the Canadian city said on Sunday...
Pakistan鈥檚 army said Sunday its soldiers killed 54 militants who had tried to enter the country by crossing its northwestern border with Afghanistan...
Missiles fired off the coast of the northern Philippines Sunday as US and Filipino forces conducted their first integrated defence drills, hours after China said it had seized control of a reef claimed by Manila.