The G20 summit in New Delhi under India’s presidency yesterday reached a consensus on the leaders’ joint declaration after India changed the text on the deeply divisive issue of the Ukraine war.

The African Union was made a permanent member of the G20, comprising the world’s richest and most powerful countries, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said at the bloc’s summit in New Delhi yesterday.

Global leaders announced a multinational rail and ports deal linking the Middle East and South Asia yesterday on the sidelines of the G20 summit in New Delhi.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s placard at the opening of the G20 summit yesterday referred to India as “Bharat”, raising speculation of a change of name for the South Asian nation.

The G20 summit in New Delhi managed to defy expectations and reach consensus on a joint declaration by world leaders, but not without compromises over the Ukraine conflict and action on climate change

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today joined the world leaders at the G20 summit being held at Bharat Mandapam Convention Centre at Pragati Maidan in India's New Delhi

India’s ruling BJP and the opposition INDIA alliance have, so far, achieved a tie in the by-elections to the seven seats that took place on Tuesday.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said G20 leaders have the power to reset a climate crisis that is “spinning out of control” and urged them to reshape global financial rules which he described as outdated and unfair.

G20 countries have almost finalised a declaration for the weekend summit of its leaders, host India said yesterday, suggesting that negotiators had made progress in bridging differences in the group over the war in Ukraine.

India’s democratic institutions and minority groups are under a “full-scale assault”, opposition leader Rahul Gandhi said yesterday, attacking Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government on the eve of a high-profile G20 summit in New Delhi.

North Korea has launched its first operational “tactical nuclear attack submarine” and assigned it to the fleet that patrols the waters between the Korean peninsula and Japan, state media said yesterday.

US President Joe Biden and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke for nearly an hour on Friday about joint plans on technology, infrastructure and the importance of a healthy democracy, shortly after Biden arrived in New Delhi for a G20 summit over the weekend

A Bangladeshi national has been arrested in Mumbai allegedly for sexually harassing a female flight attendant on board a Muscat-Dhaka flight travelling via Mumbai

Hong Kong was flooded by the heaviest rainfall in nearly 140 years today, leaving the city's streets and some subway stations under water and forcing its schools to close

Hopes of a return to democracy in junta-ruled Myanmar are being crushed by “systematic repression”, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said yesterday at a summit in Indonesia with the United States, China and regional leaders.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday said leaders of the G20 summit he is chairing this weekend must support developing nations to tackle climate change with more cash and by sharing technology.

Maldives leader Ibrahim Mohamed Solih will seek re-election tomorrow in a presidential vote also serving as a referendum on his pursuit of renewed ties with India, the archipelago’s traditional benefactor.

The Indian Supreme Court yesterday protected four members of the Editors Guild of India against any coercive action till Monday in connection with two FIRs lodged in the ethnic strife-affected north eastern state of Manipur. The FIRs were filed against

A court in military-ruled Myanmar yesterday sentenced a photojournalist to 20 years in prison, his employer said, the longest known prison term handed down to a media professional since the 2021 army coup.

The main border crossing between Afghanistan and Pakistan was closed yesterday as security forces from both countries exchanged fire, Pakistani security sources said.