Provincial authorities in northwestern Pakistan said yesterday they planned to collect heavy weapons to stop sectarian clashes that have killed hundreds, but tribesmen in the historically lawless region said they would not give up their arms.
India’s Rahul Gandhi is under police investigation over a scuffle between opposition members of parliament and those from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, which injured two lawmakers, police said yesterday.
Japanese authorities yesterday carried out an inspection of a US military base in Tokyo, a government spokesman said, after being informed by the American side of a chemical leak.
Sri Lanka’s navy said yesterday it had rescued 102 Rohingya refugees from war-torn Myanmar adrift in a fishing trawler off the Indian Ocean island nation, bringing them safely to port.
The mortal remains of tabla maestro Ustad Zakir Hussain were laid to rest on Thursday at a cemetery near San Francisco as renowned Indian percussionist A Sivamani and other artistes performed on their drums at a little distance away in a tribute to the departed artist.
Indian militant groups that took refuge in Myanmar and fought in its civil war have been streaming back across the border to Manipur state this year, Indian security officers said, inflaming the bitter 19-month ethnic conflict there with weapons and battle-hardened cadres.
A senior White House official on Thursday said nuclear-armed Pakistan is developing long-range ballistic missile capabilities that eventually could allow it to strike targets well beyond South Asia, making it an “emerging threat” to the United States.
Sri Lanka's navy said Friday it had rescued 102 Rohingya refugees from war-torn Myanmar adrift in a fishing trawler off the Indian Ocean island nation, bringing them safely to port
India has successfully conducted the first-ever satellite tagging of its national aquatic animal, the river dolphin, in the Ganges yesterday
At least 100 North Koreans deployed to support Russia's war effort in Ukraine have been killed since entering combat in December, South Korean lawmaker Lee Seong-kweun told reporters Thursday
MPs staged a protest in parliament demanding justice
Yoon's future now hangs in the balance as his case proceeds to the Constitutional Court, which has 180 days to decide whether to uphold or overturn his impeachment
South Korean lawmakers yesterday impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol over his failed martial law bid, with the opposition declaring a “victory of the people”.
Thousands took to the streets of South Korea's capital Saturday in rival rallies for and against President Yoon Suk Yeol, hours ahead of an impeachment vote over his failed martial law bid
South Korea’s opposition leader yesterday urged ruling party lawmakers to side with the “people” and impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol over his failed martial law bid, a day before a second parliamentary vote that appears on a knife edge.
Says Foreign minister S Jaishankar in parliament
A two-member team of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) met undocumented Rohingya and Bangladeshi nationals at a slum in Jammu city of India.
Yoon's move to impose military rule on Dec. 3 was rescinded before six hours but it plunged the country into a constitutional crisis and widespread calls for him to step down for breaking the law.
The opposition MPs said the idea of having simultaneous elections ran counter to India's federal structure and questioned if India was logistically prepared to hold such an exercise.
Urges Indian govt to protect Bangladeshi minorities
Hundreds of protesters from various outfits, including Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), yesterday marched towards the Bangladesh High Commission in New Delhi for what they said were atrocities and human rights violations against minorities in the country.
