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DUBAI — Internet access in parts of Asia and the Middle East was disrupted after undersea cables in the Red Sea were cut, experts said Sunday, though the cause of the incident remains unclear.The outages have raised concerns about possible sabotage amid ongoing attacks by Yemen’s Houthi, who have ...

BRUSSLES — It was a scene that might have provoked outrage in Brussels.Narendra Modi, the prime minister of India, joyfully holding hands with Vladimir Putin, the president of Russia and chief promoter of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, while attending the annual summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO).The ...

BEIJING – Chinese leader Xi Jinping and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un have sat down for formal talks in Beijing, a day after the pair and Russia’s Vladimir Putin put on an unprecedented show of unity against the West at a massive military parade.Xi and Kim began their meeting ...

SINGAPORE – Fifteen people were killed and more than 30 others were wounded in a suicide bombing near a political rally in Pakistan, authorities said.Hundreds of members of the Balochistan National Party (BNP) had gathered for a rally at a stadium in Quetta, the capital of restive Balochistan province, ...

DELHI – At least 30 people have died and more than 354,000 have been affected by heavy rains and floods in the north Indian state of Punjab. Authorities have declared all of the state's 23 districts flood-hit, after rivers and reservoirs swelled to near-danger levels. Some 20,000 people have ...

KABUL — Rescuers are using helicopters to search for survivors in the ruins of remote villages in eastern Afghanistan after a powerful earthquake killed 800 people and injured 1,800 others.Many are feared trapped under the rubble of their homes after the magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck on Sunday near the ...

DELHI — Thousands of commuters in one of India's wealthiest suburbs were stuck on roads for six to eight hours due to rain-triggered traffic gridlock on Monday.The incident has sparked outrage online, with many questioning how a place like Gurugram — known for its futuristic skyscrapers and sprawling corporate ...

KOCHI — US President Donald Trump says India has offered to cut its tariffs "to nothing" even as he called the current trade stalemate with the country "a totally one sided disaster".US tariffs of 50% on goods from India — which includes 25% penalty for Delhi's refusal to stop ...

KABUL — A huge earthquake ripped through eastern Afghanistan on Sunday, killing hundreds of people and setting off a mammoth rescue operation along a mountainous stretch of provinces where communities already face hunger and economic crises.At least 800 people were killed after the 6.0-magnitude quake hit towns and villages ...

TIANJIN, China — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Tianjin on Saturday for his first visit to China in seven years, where he is expected to meet President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit.The summit, running Sunday ...