India's demonetization drive is "a big failure" and has put the Indian economy back by at least a decade, an influential Chinese daily said on Wednesday. ....

Nepal has formally recognised migration of its countrymen to India for employment purpose as "foreign employment" and bring them under the insurance coverage for the first time. ....

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said he had a "warm" telephonic conversation with new US President Donald Trump and invited him to India for an official visit. ....

Nikki Haley got the unanimous approval of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, clearing the first stage for becoming the first Indian American to be appointed to a cabinet-level post. ....

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump discussed the security situation in South and Central Asia during their phone conversation on Tuesday night and resolved that India and US will "stand shoulder to shoulder" to fight global terrorism, the White House said. ....

At least 150 inmates broke out of a prison in Brazil's Sao Paulo state, following a riot that set fire to part of the prison. ....

The leaders of the world's two greatest democracies, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump, spoke over phone on Tuesday in the fifth interaction by the newly elected US head with a foreign leader after he assumed office. ....

Japan on Tuesday launched a new communications satellite designed to promote the sharing of military information. ....

Newly-installed US President Donald Trump is scheduled to speak over phone with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday night, four days after he was sworn in as the 45th President of the United States. ....

White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer has said that he and his team reserve the right to occasionally "disagree with the facts" asking for the same chance as the press to issue a "correction" if mistakes were made, a media report said on Tuesday. ....