ARKHANGELSK: Russian President Vladimir Putin said today that anti-Russian sanctions were harmful both for the economies of the United States and Europe. Putin was speaking at an Arctic forum in...

BEIJING: China's plans to reduce troop levels are on track, the Defence Ministry said today, after a 2015 announcement by President Xi Jinping that the People's Liberation Army would cut...

HANOI: Vietnam today criticised a US State Department award to detained blogger and environmental activist Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh, often referred to by her pen name, "Mother Mushroom". Quynh, detained...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court today referred the triple talaq case to a constitution bench, which would examine the constitutional validity of it. The matter would be heard on a...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court today reserved judgement on whether to modify its earlier order banning liquor sales within 500m distance from state and national highways. Various state liquor associations...