Politics
India holds funerals for soldiers killed in China border clash as tensions stay high
India prepared to hold funerals on Thursday for some of the 20 soldiers killed in brutal hand-to-hand fighting with Chinese troops in ...Fresh virus outbreak hinders Beijing’s return to normal
A fresh coronavirus outbreak in Beijing has hampered the Chinese capital’s hesitant return to normality, rekindling fears for the economy as some ...Nepal’s parliament approves new map including territory controlled by India
The upper house of Nepal’s parliament approved a new map of the country on Thursday including land controlled by India, in a ...Global stocks drift as second wave virus fears mount
Global stocks drifted on Thursday as spiking coronavirus cases in some U.S. states and China crushed hopes of a quick global economic ...India, China hold talks to de-escalate deadly border tensions
India and China agreed Wednesday to ease tensions at their disputed Himalayan border, even as they traded blame for a brawl that ...Bulgarians complain of long border queues after Greece eases lockdown
Hundreds of trucks and cars from Bulgaria, Romania and Serbia waited in long queues at the border with Greece on Wednesday after ...Norwegian Air brings back more crew, planes as demand rises after lockdown
Norwegian Air will resume flights on 76 routes halted during the coronavirus outbreak and bring back into service 12 of its mothballed ...Beijing cancels flights, shuts schools over new virus outbreak
Beijing’s airports cancelled two-thirds of all flights on Wednesday and schools in the Chinese capital were closed again as authorities rushed to ...South Sudan takes key step forward in peace agreement
South Sudan’s main rivals on Wednesday sealed a deal on control of the country’s 10 internal states, an issue seen as the ...Australia accuses China and Russia of virus disinformation
China and Russia were using the heightened anxiety around the coronavirus pandemic to undermine Western democracies by spreading disinformation online, Australia’s foreign ...