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Explainer-South Korea's leadership crisis in hands of Constitutional Court
SEOUL - South Korea's leadership crisis will play out in the Constitutional Court, which will decide the fate of President Yoon Suk Yeol...
Dec 28, 20243 min read


India's former PM Manmohan Singh cremated with state honours
NEW DELHI - The body of Manmohan Singh, the former Indian prime minister whose death has spark outpourings of grief at home and accolades...
Dec 28, 20242 min read


Facts-Profiles of South Korea's Constitutional Court justices
The fate of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol is in the hands of the country's Constitutional Court after parliament impeached him on...
Dec 28, 20243 min read


Syria's new rulers name foreign minister amid push for international relations
Syria's new rulers have appointed a foreign minister, the official Syrian news agency (SANA) said on Saturday, as they seek to build...
Dec 21, 20242 min read


Analysis-Syrian Kurdish groups on the back foot as power balance shifts
QAMISHLI, Syria/BEIRUT/ANKARA - With hostile Turkish-backed groups mobilising against them in Syria's north, and Damascus ruled by a...
Dec 21, 20245 min read


Facts-What we know about Malaysia’s missing MH370 plane, 10 years on
The disappearance 10 years ago of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 with 239 people on board remains one of the world's greatest aviation...
Dec 21, 20243 min read


Analysis-Fighters from Myanmar civil war aggravate bitter ethnic conflict in India
IMPHAL, India - Indian militant groups that took refuge in Myanmar and fought in its civil war have been streaming back across the border...
Dec 21, 20244 min read


Factbox-US officials who have resigned in protest over Gaza policy
WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden's support for Israel during its more than 14-month war in Gaza has spurred over a dozen U.S....
Dec 21, 20243 min read


Exclusive-Syrian Kurdish commander: non-Syrian Kurdish fighters to leave if total truce agreed with Turkey
HASAKAH, Syria - Kurdish fighters who came to Syria from around the Middle East to support Syrian Kurdish forces will leave if a total...
Dec 21, 20243 min read


Exclusive-Adani, under bribery scrutiny, pressed by Bangladesh to reopen power deal
DHAKA - Bangladesh's interim government has accused energy supplier Adani Power of breaching a multi-billion-dollar agreement by...
Dec 21, 20244 min read


Facts-What India-US trade could look like after Trump takes office
NEW DELHI - India is preparing for possible trade talks with the United States, aiming for increased investments from U.S. companies and...
Dec 21, 20242 min read


Analysis-South Korea's allies cheered Yoon's foreign policy, ignored domestic discord
SEOUL - As South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's relations with the opposition broke down this year, Western diplomats hoped the...
Dec 21, 20244 min read
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