Beijing is expected to set a growth target of 4.5 to 5 percent cent for 2026 at this week's NPC.
India’s festival of colour has become a day when women brace for harassment.
Video shared by Iraqi media shows the moment of an explosion near Baghdad International Airport in Iraq's capital.
Markets in Europe and the United States appeared to stabilize after days of turmoil, but stocks in Asia fell sharply.
Israel hits Comfort Hotel in greater Beirut without warning; more residents displaced across Lebanon.
Iranian retaliatory strikes continue with drone and missile attacks as conflict spreads through Gulf nations.
Benchmark index plummets as much as 12.2 percent, eclipsing single-day plunge after 9/11 attacks in 2001.
Conservative dissent over the war is fracturing the GOP and testing the durability of US support for Israel.
With much of the world’s oil supplies out of action, Russia could step in to meet demand in China and IndiaA prolonged energy crisis triggered by the widening war in the Middle East could offer an economic lifeline to Russia’s war machine at a moment w…