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Honduras starts special count of final votes in its presidential election after pressure from the US

New Delhi, Dec. 19 -- Honduras electoral officials on Thursday launched a special count of the final set of votes in the country's November presidential election, after three weeks of uncertainty, swi... Read More


South Sudan's peace guarantors warn against renewed violence

New Delhi, Dec. 19 -- Three governments that were central to South Sudan's peace process urged leaders on Thursday to end renewed fighting and focus on implementing the peace agreement that ended a de... Read More


Russia has few legal options to challenge EU frozen asset plan

New Delhi, Dec. 19 -- A core question for European Union leaders discussing whether to use frozen Russian assets to help Ukraine is whether the idea is legally sound. But even if they approve the plan... Read More


Thailand carries out more airstrikes on Cambodia as deadly border conflict flares

New Delhi, Dec. 19 -- Thailand on Thursday carried out more airstrikes on Cambodia, claiming its jet fighters struck a warehouse where the Cambodian army had stored rockets that have been deployed to ... Read More


Canada and the US to launch formal talks to review their free trade agreement in mid-January

New Delhi, Dec. 19 -- Canada and the U.S. will launch formal discussions to review their free trade agreement in mid-January, the office of Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said. The prime ministe... Read More


Hong Kong mourns firefighter killed in city's deadliest fire in decades

New Delhi, Dec. 19 -- Hong Kongers offered flowers and bowed outside a funeral parlor on Friday to pay tribute to a firefighter who was among the 160 people killed by the city's deadliest fire in deca... Read More


Protesters storm offices of leading Bangladesh dailies after a 2024 uprising activist dies

New Delhi, Dec. 19 -- Angry protesters stormed the offices of Bangladesh's two leading newspapers late Thursday after the death of a prominent activist in last year's political uprising in Bangladesh.... Read More


Kremlin envoy set to visit Miami for talks on US peace plan for Ukraine

New Delhi, Dec. 19 -- A Kremlin envoy will travel to Florida to discuss a U.S.-proposed plan to end the war in Ukraine, a U.S. official said Thursday, part of the back-and-forth diplomacy as the Trump... Read More


South Korea's Constitutional Court removes police chief over martial law involvement

New Delhi, Dec. 19 -- South Korea's Constitutional Court on Thursday formally removed the country's impeached police chief for deploying hundreds of officers to support ousted former President Yoon Su... Read More


Renowned Indian sculptor Ram Suttar passes away

New Delhi, Dec. 19 -- Renowned Indian Sculptor Ram.V. Suttat has passed away. Ram Vanji Sutar (19 February 1925 - 18 December 2025) was one of India's most distinguished sculptors, whose monumental wo... Read More