A Myanmar junta air strike killed 28 people, including children, and wounded 25 at a temporary detention area in western Rakhine state, an ethnic minority armed group said yesterday.
An Indian court on Saturday found a 33-year-old man guilty for the rape and murder of a doctor, a crime that sparked nationwide protests and hospital strikes last year.
The court will pronounce the quantum of punishment on January 20
Chinese President Xi Jinping yesterday held phone talks with US president-elect Donald Trump, Chinese state media reported.
Indian security forces shot dead at least 12 Maoist rebels in central India, police said, as New Delhi steps up efforts to quell the long-running insurgency.
India yesterday reiterated that fencing is one of the necessary measures to ensure a crime-free border with Bangladesh.
A Pakistani court yesterday sentenced former prime minister Imran Khan to 14 years’ imprisonment in a land corruption case, a setback to nascent talks between his party and the government aimed at cooling political instability in the south Asian nation.
A Pakistan court convicted former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi in a graft case on Friday, sentencing Khan to 14 years in prison
China said Friday its population fell for the third year running in 2024, extending a downward streak after more than six decades of growth as the country faces a rapidly ageing population and persistently low birth rates
At least 12 suspected Maoists were killed in a gun-battle with security forces in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district yesterday, a senior police official said
India is not looking to reduce the number of troops along the northern frontier in winter, the country’s army chief said yesterday adding that it will review summer deployment based on outcome of negotiations with China.
China's exports surged to a record high in 2024, state media reported Monday, as the prospect of biting tariffs imposed by US president-elect Donald Trump looms
Thousands of South Koreans gathered for rival demonstrations in the capital yesterday, as investigators prepare another attempt to arrest suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol over his short-lived martial law decree.
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai said she was “overwhelmed” to be back in her native Pakistan yesterday, as she attended a summit on girls’ education in the Islamic world that has been snubbed by Afghanistan’s Taliban government.
Authorities moved more than 47,000 people to shelters in earthquake-hit Tibet, Chinese officials said yesterday, while rescuers widen a massive combing effort for survivors near the foothills of the Himalayas, despite slim survival odds.
At least six people lost their lives, and dozens were injured in a stampede at a renowned Hindu temple in Tirupati of the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh last night
Delhi-based newspaper reports citing people ‘familiar with the matter’
South Korean anti-graft investigators yesterday secured a new court-ordered arrest warrant for impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol, whose failed martial law bid threw the country into turmoil.
Three soldiers and 19 militants were killed in the latest clashes in Pakistan’s restive northwestern region, the military said Tuesday.
Over 1.55 crore Delhi voters will vote in the assembly elections on February 5 and the votes will be counted on February 8, the Indian Election Commission announced yesterday.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said a new hypersonic missile system tested this week would help deter the country's Pacific rivals, state media reported Tuesday, as Washington's top diplomat visited the region
