Two people were killed and more than 100 injured in a 6.5-magnitude earthquake which jolted waters near Taiwan's Hualien County at 11.50 p.m. on Tuesday. ....

Pakistan Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Tuesday expressed his country's support for the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) connectivity initiatives and offered to connect the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) with SCO's six approved routes. ....

Italian authorities on Tuesday expelled a 23 year-old Pakistani supporter of the Islamic State group accused of spreading jihadist propaganda over the Internet. ....

The Maldivian police on Tuesday arrested the country's Chief Justice and another judge after the government of President Abdulla Yameen declared a state of emergency, media reports said. ....

A Chinese national was shot dead by unidentified assailants here on Monday in an apparent targeted killing, a media report said. ....

Maldivian President Abdulla Yameen on Monday declared a state of emergency amid the political crisis in the country. ....

A Russian pilot has been killed after his plane was shot down by militants in Syrian province of Idlib, the Russian Defence Ministry has said. ....

Visiting Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Friday here in Nepal held talks with CPN-Maoist Centre Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda'. ....

The 68-year-old son of Cuban revolutionary Fidel Castro, Fidel Angel Castro Diaz-Balart, has died in Havana after taking his own life, according to the media here. ....

Sex assaults on an infant in India and on a girl in Pakistan are "heart-breaking" but the "scourge" of violence against girls affects all countries, Stephane Dujarric, the spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said. ....