India announced seven days of state mourning on Friday after the death of former prime minister Manmohan Singh, one of the architects of the country's economic liberalisation in the early 1990s.

South Korea's spy agency said Friday it had confirmed that a North Korean soldier sent to back Russia's war against Ukraine had been captured by Ukrainian forces.

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Peru has declared an "environmental emergency" after an oil spill that triggered a clean-up operation on a stretch of northern coastline ...

Authorities in Brazil said the risk of acid pollution from a bridge collapse in the country's north has been contained, as they raised the death toll ...

Japan's government approved a record budget for the next fiscal year, ramping up spending on social welfare, as the population ages ...

The ports along the trunk stream of the Yangtze River, China's largest and the world's third-longest river, are expected to handle a record 4.02 bln ton ...

Manmohan Singh, the former Indian prime minister whose economic reforms made his country a global powerhouse, has died at the age of 92.

Police ordered an autopsy Thursday on the body of former Suriname president Desi Bouterse, after launching an investigation ...

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South Korea's acting president faced an impeachment vote, as the country struggled to shake off political turmoil sparked by his predecessor's martial law ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that Slovakia had offered to be a "platform" for possible peace talks between Russia and Ukraine ...