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Born at the bottom of the Hindu faith's rigid caste system, voters like Anil Sonkar will determine whether Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi returns to power next month.

Asian markets diverged Friday as hopes for US interest rate cuts played up against profit-taking from another strong week and ...

The incoming Taiwanese president's best strategy to stop China from seizing the self-ruled island will likely be to bolster an agile defensive "porcupine" approach by spending more on missiles and ...

The US military said aid deliveries began Friday via a temporary pier in Gaza aimed at ramping up emergency humanitarian assistance to the war-ravaged Palestinian territory.

This year's Cannes Film Festival hosts a trio of heartthrobs from the back end of the 20th century, making their comeback on the red carpet: Demi Moore, Kevin Costner and Richard Gere.

North Korea has fired at least one "unidentified ballistic missile", Seoul's military said Friday, hours after leader Kim Jong Un's powerful sister denied widespread allegations that Pyongyang is ...

Areas of the Pacific territory of New Caledonia have "escaped" state control, the French government office on the island said Friday, announcing new security deployments after days of deadly violence.

Shares in HSBC sank more than two percent in Hong Kong on Friday after a report said major investor Ping An Insurance was looking to trim its stake in the banking giant.

Brazil was chosen to host the 2027 Women's World Cup on Friday, beating a joint Belgium-Netherlands-Germany bid at a FIFA ...

French police have killed an armed man who was trying to set fire to a synagogue in the northern city of Rouen, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said Friday.

Japanese lawmakers enacted legislation Friday that allows the option of joint custody of children after divorce.