Heavy monsoon rains have been linked to 54 deaths in the last 24 hours in Pakistan, the government's disaster agency said on Thursday
A court in China sentenced a Japanese businessman to three-and-a-half years in prison yesterday for spying, Tokyo’s ambassador in Beijing said.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee yesterday expressed concerns over the alleged harassment of Bengali-speaking people in BJP-ruled states, challenging the BJP to prove they were Rohingyas.
The country's leadership is fighting a multi-front battle to sustain growth, a challenge made more difficult by US President Donald Trump's tariff campaign
Pakistan said yesterday it was creating a national paramilitary force, prompting concern among opposition parties and human rights groups that it could be used as a tool of political repression.
India yesterday ordered its airlines to examine fuel switches on several Boeing models, while South Korea said it would order a similar measure, as scrutiny intensified of fuel switch locks at the centre of an investigation into a deadly Air India crash.
The career diplomat served as high commissioner of India to Bangladesh in 2016-2019
Fuel control switches to the engines of an Air India flight that crashed shortly after takeoff, killing 260 people, were moved from the “run” to the “cutoff” position moments before impact, a preliminary investigation report said yesterday.
Negotiations about the so-called 3.0 version of the free trade zone started in November 2022 and completed in May
Myanmar has been consumed by civil war since the military ousted a democratic government in 2021
At least 23 people have been confirmed dead, including four children, after an attack on a monastery in a village in Myanmar’s Sagaing region, witnesses said yesterday.
A restaurant fire in northeastern China killed 22 people on Tuesday, Beijing's state broadcaster said
Government officials and experts on both sides say India cannot stop water flows immediately
After South Korea battled the worst wildfire in its history in March, another wildfire in the southeastern city of Daegu spread fast Monday, forcing some 1,200 residents to evacuate
Kremlin spokesperson says Russia will aid North Korea militarily if needed under treaty obligations
The deal comes as India's relations with arch-rival Pakistan plummet to fresh lows
However, the foundation for the country's sustained economic recovery needs to be further consolidated.
These will be the first simultaneous criminal trials of two former presidents in 29 years.
Troops from Pakistan and India exchanged fire in disputed Kashmir for a third night in a row, officials said yesterday, as Indian media reported that New Delhi is mulling military retaliation over the Kashmir terror attack.
Pakistan’s army said Sunday its soldiers killed 54 militants who had tried to enter the country by crossing its northwestern border with Afghanistan.
More than 1,000 allegedly undocumented Bangladeshi immigrants, including women and children, were detained in a crackdown in Ahmedabad and Surat, said Harsh Sanghavi, home minister of the western Indian state of Gujarat.
