Democratically governed Taiwan, which China claims as its own territory, has complained for three years of increased military pressure from Beijing.
Mohammad Hossein Velayati, an Iranian photojournalist working for the Tasnim News Agency, was arrested by the Taliban in Kabul.
New research methods allow us to know what food was cooked in which pot during the Mykop period (3700-2900 BCE).
Television footage from India's Himachal Pradesh state showed houses flattened by landslides.
Russian defense minister Sergei Shoigu was joined by Chinese Communist Party Politburo member Li Hongzhong at the 70th anniversary of North Korea's founding.
A site in southern Vietnam has produced a find that suggests that curry had made its way to southeast Asia as early as 2000 years ago.
Iran is looking forward to more exports and imports of missile technology in October when it expects certain sanctions to be lifted