Charles Sobhraj, the French serial killer who murdered at least a dozen western tourists traveling through Asia in the 1970s, was ordered released from prison by Nepal’s Supreme Court on Wednesday.  Sobhraj, who was...

Saudi Arabia and Qatar urged the Taliban on Wednesday to reverse its ban on girls receiving a university education in Afghanistan.  In a Wednesday statement, the Saudi Foreign Ministry said it expresses “surprise” and...

An office building of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Donetsk was struck by shelling this week as the war in Ukraine rages on for a 10th month, according to officials....

China has already prepared for an inevitable spike in deaths related to COVID-19 after cases surged following the rollback of Beijing’s “zero-COVID” policy.  Widespread protests prompted the government to ease the severe restrictions, which...