Politics

WASHINGTON 

Tue May 12, 2015 2:33am EDT

Nineteen people were killed in Nepal and 981 injured in an earthquake on Tuesday, home ministry official Laxmi Prasad Dhakal told Reuters, giving a first national estimate.

BEIJING

Tue May 12, 2015 6:39am EDT

China rebuked the Philippines on Tuesday for taking journalists to a disputed island in the South China Sea, dismissing its occupation as "futile and illegal" in the latest war of words between the two sides.

 BEIJING

Tue May 12, 2015 6:47am EDT

When Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives in the ancient city of Xian on Thursday at the start of a visit to China, he will be met by Chinese President Xi Jinping, in an unusual departure from normal protocol.

MOSCOW 

Mon May 11, 2015 2:12am EDT

Russian President Vladimir Putin said after talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday that the peace process in eastern Ukraine was progressing despite difficulties.

 LHOKSUKON, INDONESIA/KUALA LUMPUR

Mon May 11, 2015 5:11am EDT