The Republican Party as I knew it no longer exists. I’d call it the cult of Trump, says one of the officials

Cases have been filed in at least five states against journalists including prominent anchor Rajdeep Sardesai

United Nations fears the coup in Myanmar will worsen plight of some 600,000 Rohingya Muslims

The party of Myanmar’s detained elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi called for her immediate release from detention

An Afghan peace ministry official suffered light injuries in a bomb blast in Kabul on Monday

Army said it had carried out the detentions in response to “election fraud”, handing power to military chief

New tactics involve authorities giving no warning of an impending lockdown, sealing off buildings

China’s top diplomat called Beijing and Washington to put relations back on a predictable and constructive path

How new US administration responds will be a test of Biden’s pledge to re-center human rights in US foreign policy

She swept national elections last November, preparing to begin another five-year term as the country's de facto leader

What is the Daniel Pearl murder case, and who is Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh?

On Monday, commuters trickled into still empty train coaches, wearing masks and armed with sanitisers

Leader Suu Kyi and other figures in the ruling party detained after days of escalating tension with the military

Medical ethics experts say letter indicates researchers may not have been transparent with trial participants

India will push on with sweeping agriculture reforms despite last week's deadly riot in the capital, says PM

China has strategic economic interests in Myanmar, with major oil and gas pipelines running through the country

Islamabad offered valuable support at Beijing’s most trying moment, acknowledges Chinese foreign ministry

Calls for “peace and stability” in Myanmar after a military seizes power and detains Leader Aung San Suu Kyi

Emergence of more infectious variants raises questions over whether vaccines will prove as effective

Demands the immediate release of all those detained in raids across the country

Group of independent experts spent about 4-1/2 hours on its longest site visit since completing 2 weeks of quarantine

Internet and messaging services blocked in several neighbourhoods where protests turned violent

The opposition politician Alexei Navalny was arrested on January 17 after returning to Moscow from Germany