Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday was honoured with "The King Hamad Order of the Renaissance" as he held talks with King of Bahrain Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa on various bilateral and regional issues. Prime Minister Modi's visit to Bahrain is significant as it is the first

US pre-eminence in the Pacific is no more. For a long time experts have been speaking about China's rapid military modernisation referring to it as "a rising power". But this analysis may be out of date. China is not so much a rising power; it has risen; and in many ways it now

The record number of fires in Brazil's Amazon rainforest has coincided with a sharp drop in fines for environmental violations, BBC analysis has found. Official data from Brazil's environment agency shows fines from January to 23 August dropped almost a third compared with the

The US must lift restrictions on UK businesses if it wants a trade deal with the UK, Boris Johnson has said. Travelling to the G7 summit in Biarritz, France, the PM said there were "very considerable barriers in the US to British businesses". Mr Johnson said he had already spoken to

Riot police have fired tear gas and baton-charged protesters in Hong Kong, as a tense standoff turned violent on the 12th week of protests. Thousands of demonstrators, many in hard hats and gas masks, marched through the industrial Kwun Tong area on Saturday and were met by police.

The British Airways strike next month is to cause at least five consecutive days of flight cancellations. BA pilots announced three days of strikes - taking place on 9, 10 and 27 September - in a dispute over pay. Despite the first strikes being on 9 and 10 September, some

A worker at the UK consulate in Hong Kong has been released by mainland China after being held at the border, Chinese police in Shenzhen have said. Simon Cheng went missing on 8 August during a business trip to the city. China's foreign ministry confirmed that Mr Cheng had been

India's former finance minister Arun Jaitley has died at Delhi's AIIMS hospital, days after he was admitted following complaints of breathlessness. He was 66. "It is with profound grief that we inform about the sad demise of Shri Arun Jaitley. Honourable Member of Parliament

North Korea fired two suspected short-range ballistic missiles into the sea on Saturday morning, South Korea's military says. The launch is the seventh carried out since North Korea ended a 17-month hiatus on testing at the end of July. Pyongyang has repeatedly expressed anger

Two people were killed and two-three are feared trapped after a four-storey building collapsed in Maharashtra's Bhiwandi on Friday night, the police said. After cracks were seen in the "illegal" building, the municipal agency had evacuated 22 families on Friday night. However, some

Brazil's president has ordered the armed forces to help fight a record number of forest fires in the Amazon. A decree issued by President Jair Bolsonaro authorises the deployment of soldiers in nature reserves, indigenous lands and border areas in the region. The announcement

France and Ireland say they will not ratify a huge trade deal with South American nations unless Brazil does more to fight fires in the Amazon. French leader Emmanuel Macron said President Jair Bolsonaro had lied to him about his stance on climate change. There are currently a

A UN fact-finding mission on Myanmar said Thursday that the military's use of rape and other forms of sexual violence is so routine it "reflects a widespread culture of tolerance towards humiliation." The mission said in its 61-page report that Myanmar's military must end the

French President Emmanuel Macron has said the record number of fires in the Amazon rainforest is an "international crisis" that needs to be on the top of the agenda at the G7 summit. "Our house is burning," he tweeted. Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro responded by accusing Mr

Boris Johnson is meeting Emmanuel Macron in Paris for Brexit talks, with the French president saying the UK's vote to quit the EU must be respected. But he added that the Ireland-Northern Ireland backstop plan was "indispensable" to preserving political stability and of the single

Four days after a speeding Jaguar hit a Mercedes in Kolkata, killing two Bangladeshi nationals, a stunning twist has emerged in the case.  It turns out that the man who was arrested was not the one allegedly behind the wheels of the Jaguar, but his elder brother. Kolkata Police on

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has praised Denmark amid a public row over Greenland that saw President Donald Trump cancel a visit to the country. In a phone call with Danish Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod, Mr Pompeo "expressed appreciation for Denmark's co-operation" as a US

Australia will join the US-led mission to protect shipping through the Strait of Hormuz amid heightened tensions with Iran, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced Wednesday. Morrison said Australia would send a “modest” contribution — including a frigate, a P8 maritime

Police in Indian-administered Kashmir say one of their officers has been killed along with a suspected militant in a gunfight in the region. This marks the first time Indian officials have reported deaths in the area since Delhi stripped Kashmir of its special status earlier this

Former Indian finance minister Palaniappan Chidambaram has been arrested on charges of corruption and money laundering. He is being investigated over allegations that he cleared foreign investments in exchange for bribes while he was finance minister. Mr Chidambaram, 73, has denied