The Bharatiya Janata Party was today pushed out of power in the key eastern Indian state of Bihar when its five-year-old ally Janata Dal (United) led by chief minister Nitish Kumar parted ways and joined hands with anti-BJP forces Lalu Prasad Yadav-headed Rashtriya Janata Dal and Congress.

Germany's economy will lose more than 260 billion euros ($265 billion) in added value by 2030 due to the Ukraine war and high energy prices, spelling negative effects for the labour market, according to a study by the Institute for Employment Research (IAB).

At least nine people were wounded — none critically — in a shooting outside a Cincinnati bar early Sunday, police said.

The Indian Space Research Organization today made history by launching its maiden Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) mission which was transporting an earth observation satellite and a student satellite.

Delhi police detained Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today (August 5, 2022) after he along with other leaders of his party, marched to the Rashtrapati Bhavan to protest against unemployment, inflation and price rise.

The virtual cat hero from the new video game sensation “Stray” doesn’t just wind along rusted pipes, leap over unidentified sludge and decode clues in a seemingly abandoned city. The daring orange tabby is helping real world cats as well.

A woman today attempted to throw a “chappal” (slipper) at suspended Trinamool Congress leader Partha Chatterjee, who has been arrested in connection with a school recruitment scam, when he was being escorted out of a hospital in India by Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials.

Russia on Sunday invited United Nations and Red Cross experts to probe the deaths of dozens of Ukrainian prisoners held by Moscow-backed separatists, while Ukraine's president ordered the evacuation of residents in the eastern region of Donetsk.

Malaysia’s lawmakers on Thursday (July 28) unanimously passed a landmark Bill to curb party hopping, more than two years after defections collapsed the Pakatan Harapan (PH) federal government and set off a period of political instability.

The proceedings in the Lok Sabha, lower House of Indian parliament, were adjourned for the day today (July 29, 2022) amid uproar and protests by opposition and BJP members over senior Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury's controversial remark about India’s first Santal President Droupadi Murmu.

The Philippines on Friday (July 29, 2022) reported its first case of monkeypox.

A man with alleged links to Bangladesh-based militant group Ansar al Islam was arrested from Morigaon district in India’s Assam where he runs a madrasa, police said today (July 28, 2022).

Nobel laureate Bangalee economist Amartya Sen has expressed his inability to receive the “Bangabibhusan”, the highest civilian award conferred by the West Bengal government, according to his daughter Antara Dev Sen.

Imran Khan, former prime minister and head of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), warned on Saturday that the South Asian country is on the verge of a “Sri Lanka moment” in which the populace will take to the streets against the “mafia” headed by Asif Zardari and the Sharif family.

As the war in Ukraine pushes up wheat prices and a weaker peso raises the cost of imported edible oil, many Philippine bakers are shrinking the size of a popular breakfast roll to cope with higher inflation.

Industry and Commerce Minister of India’s West Bengal and Trinamool Congress Secretary General Partha Chatterjee was arrested today.

Indian lawmakers today (July 18, 2022) exercised their franchise to elect the country’s 15th president in an election which may see Droupadi Murmu, a tribal woman, occupying the highest constitutional post for the first time.

A last-minute protest at Speakers' Corner in Hong Lim Park on Saturday (July 16,2022) against Singapore's decision to let ousted Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa into the country drew an audience of one.

Out of gas and stuck in line for days, a group of motorists kick off their shoes and settle on a sidewalk in Sri Lanka's capital for a round of cards.

Facebook-owner Meta released its first annual human rights report on Thursday, following years of accusations that it turned a blind eye to online abuses that fueled real-world violence in places like India and Myanmar.