Microsoft's India-born CEO Satya Nadella has been named the company's Chairman, an additional role in which he will lead the work to set the agenda for the board.

The health of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has long been a source of morbid fascination in rival South Korea, which sits in the shadow of Kim's 1.2-million-strong army and his growing arsenal of nuclear-armed missiles.

Israeli aircraft carried out a series of airstrikes at  Gaza Strip early Wednesday, the first such raids since a shaky cease-fire ended the war with Hamas last month.

US President Joe Biden has nominated Indian-American civil rights attorney Sarala Vidya Nagala as a federal judge in the State of Connecticut.

The highest civilian court of Egypt on Monday upheld the death sentences of 12 senior leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood over a 2013 sit-in which ended with security forces killing hundreds of protesters. The ruling now cannot be appealed against meaning the 12 members can face execution pending President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s approval.

New Delhi: A Dominica Magistrate Court has adjourned till June 25 the hearing into alleged illegal entry of fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choki into the Caribbean island nation, local media there reported.

Brussels: NATO leaders on Monday declared China a constant security challenge and said the Chinese are working to undermine global order, a message in sync with President Joe Biden's efforts to get allies to speak out with a more unified voice against China's trade, military and human rights practices.

Dhaka: Prominent Bangladeshi film actress Shamsunnahar Smriti, popularly known as Pori Moni, has sought justice from Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in a Facebook post alleging that a businessman attempted to rape and murder her at a club here.