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Turkey continues receiving Russian air defence parts, risks US sanctions

Turkey's defence ministry tweeted Saturday the landing of a fourth Russian cargo plane in Murted Air Base

Police, protesters clash as stir takes aim at China border traders

Protesters accused police of charging without warning

Taiwan defends $2.2-billion US arms deal after China sanctions threat

The defense ministry said Saturday that US weapons help strengthen Taiwan's self-defense in the face of a growing military threat from China

Thousands of Pak businesses launch protest against new IMF-backed sales tax

Saturday's strike is happening in shopping malls and wholesale commodity markets, small shops and electronics stores

5.8 magnitude quake jolts southern Philippines, 51 people injured

The impact was also felt in four neighbouring towns, damaging homes, two Catholic churches, a hotel, a gym, a bridge and a public market

US vice president pays visit to packed migrant camp, deplores conditions

The men, who allegedly crossed the border illegally, were crammed into a space where there was not enough room for all of them to lie down on the concrete floor

Mueller testimony on Russia meddling investigation delayed by one week

Mueller was originally scheduled to appear before the committee on July 17

DGCA serves notices to four senior executives over safety lapses

The notices were sent to heads of training, flight safety, operations, and quality assurance following a surprise audit by the DGCA

China imports from US plunge 31% to $9.4 billion in June amid tariff war

China's trade surplus with the United States widened by 3 per cent to $29.9 billion, potentially giving its critics ammunition to demand Washington take a hard line with Beijing

China's Fosun Group confirms rescue bid for embattled Thomas Cook

The group had total debt of about 1.9 billion pounds as of March 31

Cryptocurrencies not money, their value is based on thin air: Donald Trump

Cryptocurrency has flourished since Bitcoin launched in 2009. But when Facebook unveiled plans last month for its own virtual currency, Libra, the announcement rattled financial regulators

Trump administration 'uniquely dysfunctional', says UK ambassador to US

The memos also characterised Trump's policy on Iran as "incoherent, chaotic"

Taliban blast: 12 dead in Afghanistan amid ongoing peace talks in Qatar

The Taliban claimed the attack in a WhatsApp message

Iran to raise uranium enrichment level beyond 2015 nuclear deal limits

Iran has repeatedly warned Europe in recent weeks that it would begin walking away from an accord neutered by a maximalist American campaign of sanctions

Tour de Impossible? Pakistan hosts 'world's toughest cycle race'

Starting at 2,800 metres -- higher than the Iseran Pass, the summit of the Tour de France -- it ends at 4,700 metres, just over 100 metres short of Mont Blanc, Europe's highest mountain

Brazilian Prez Bolsonaro kicks up controversy by defending child labour

'I worked from the age of eight planting corn, picking bananas... while studying at the same time', said President Jair Bolsonaro

Karnataka political crisis deepens as 13 Congress, JD(S) MLAs resign

The state government on the brink; BJP, which has a majority in the House, says it was not involved in the resignations

Critics of $5-trillion economy are 'professional pessimists', says PM Modi

PM Modi said India should use its demographic dividend to join the league of developed countries

South California hit by 7.1-magnitude earthquake, largest in two decades

The latest quake was 11 times stronger than the previous day's 'foreshock', according to the United States Geological Survey, and is part of what seismologists are calling an 'earthquake sequence'

Amazon's Jeff Bezos to pay $38 bn to wife for divorce settlement: Report

Under the agreement, MacKenzie Bezos, 49, will receive approximately 19.7 million Amazon.com shares, giving her a four per cent stake in the company valued at $38.3 billion