Associated Press

The country has a history of fires and industrial disasters, which have been blamed on corruption and lax enforcement of rules.

The failure of Japan’s new rocket series, already long delayed, was a setback for the country’s space program.

With Beijing extending debt restructuring assurances, the last obstacle in the way of Sri Lanka securing the bailout deal has been removed.

Once seen as a potential top leader, Li was increasingly sidelined as Xi accumulated ever-greater powers.

The officers who were attacked were deployed last week to Sibi in Balochistan province, where an annual cultural festival was held amid tight security.

The South Korean and U.S. militaries are preparing to conduct two exercises: Freedom Shield, a computer-simulated training, and Warrior Shield FTX, large-scale joint field training.

Once again, tensions between the CPN-UML and their fellow communist party may scuttle a Nepali government.

Prospects for quickly resolving its food insecurity are dim, as North Korea restricts the operation of markets and devotes much of its scarce resources to its nuclear program.

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi opened the meeting by warning that "multilateralism is in crisis today."

Antagonism over the Russia-Ukraine war has left G-20 host India in the unenviable position of trying to reconcile clearly irreconcilable differences.

Village militias were first formed at the height of the militancy in the mid-1990s but were subsequently disbanded.

Belarus has been Russia's main military ally in the invasion of Ukraine, and Lukashenko's visit comes as top U.S. officials repeated warnings China was considering providing military aid to Russia.