(Reuters) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin declared a unilateral Easter ceasefire in Ukraine, ordering his forces to end hostilities at 6 p.m. Moscow time on Saturday until the end of Sunday.

Iran's benchmark TEDPIX stock index has climbed 7.3% since early April. The rial has surged 17% to 880,000 against the dollar ...

ISLAMABAD -- For nearly 20 years, a restaurant called Monal was a go-to fixture for well-heeled diners in Pakistan's capital.

TOKYO -- Japan is considering expanding American rice exports as part of trade negotiations with the U.S., in a bid to ...

SAO PAULO (AP) -- Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will meet with Russia's Vladimir Putin in Moscow and China's Xi Jinping in Beijing, two important partners for the South American giant, ...

DUBAI (Reuters) -- Iran and the U.S. will hold a new round of nuclear talks in Rome on Saturday to resolve their decades-long standoff over Tehran's atomic aims, under the shadow of President Donald ...

BANGKOK/YANGON -- Heineken and other international players have gained the upper hand in Myanmar's beer market as drinkers in ...

The U.S. Dollar Index, which measures the greenback's strength against the yen, euro and other major currencies, sank under ...

The U.S. Dollar Index, which measures the greenback's strength against the yen, euro and other major currencies, sank under 100 here Thursday, crossing a major threshold. The index has fallen roughly ...

HOBART, Australia -- It is no faster than walking, and it is one of the most physically taxing forms of travel. But the ...

"Child, this is [the] apocalypse," said a voice note, received within the first hours of Myanmar's devastating recent ...

DUBAI/TOKYO -- Saudi Arabia is reaching out to Japan as part of a high-profile, big-money effort to make sports a pillar of a more diverse economy. The oil-rich kingdom scored a big win when it was ...