The US plans to evacuate thousands of Afghans who worked for the American military ahead of September's troop withdrawal, senior officials have said. The plan could involve moving as many as 50,000 people to other countries along with their families.

Loved ones are pleading for the safe return of the dozens of people believed missing in the rubble after an oceanfront unit tower collapsed near Miami in Florida. Rescue crews are searching for survivors after officials reported at least one person dead and 99 missing.

AFP's standout coverage of China's lockdown of Wuhan in the earliest stages of the Covid-19 pandemic has been recognised with two prizes at Asia's most prestigious journalism awards.

Russia accused Britain and the United States on Friday of trying to incite conflict in the Black Sea and said it would defend its borders using all possible means, including military force. Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov was speaking a day after Moscow warned Britain it would bomb British naval …

The United Nations human rights chief should document her findings on the plight of Uighurs in Xinjiang even without China's blessing for a visit, activists and Western diplomats say, amid signs her patience may be running out.

Japan on Friday ratified the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), the world's biggest free trade agreement, which comprises 10 members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN),

A British mother and the family of Paraguay's first lady are among 99 people missing after the collapse of a 12-storey beachfront residential building north of Miami. Sky News reported a relative of Bhavna Patel,

Russia on Thursday warned the UK it would bomb British naval vessels in the Black Sea if there were any further "provocative actions" by the Royal Navy off the coast of Russia-annexed Crimea. The British ambassador in Moscow was summoned for a formal diplomatic telling-off after the warship HMS Defender …

China's State Council Information Office on Friday issued a white paper titled "China's Political Party System: Cooperation and Consultation," elaborating on the distinctive characteristics and strengths of the country's political party system.

Wearing a baseball cap and knee-length traditional Gho robe, and carrying a backpack, Bhutan's king has walked through jungles infested with leeches and snakes, trekked mountains and quarantined several times in a hotel in the nation's capital.