Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena has decided not to stand for re-election in November polls as the politically influential Rajapakse family nominated two candidates by final registration yesterday.

National Conference chief Omar Abdullah and his father and party patriarch Farooq Abdullah were allowed to meet their party leaders for the first time yesterday since he was put in detention two months ago.

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has warned the people of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) against crossing the Line of Control (LoC) to support the struggle of the people of India-held Kashmir who have been facing an unprecedented lockdown for the past two months.

India has assured Bangladesh of making greater efforts to facilitate the repatriation of the Rohingya refugees who fled violence in Rakhine State of Myanmar.

Masked pro-democracy protesters marched through Hong Kong in defiance of a ban on face coverings as much of the city ground to a halt, with the subway suspended and many shops shuttered following another night of violence.

Bangladesh has agreed to allow India to withdraw 1.82 cusec of water from trans-border Feni river to meet the demand of drinking water for the people of of Tripura’s Sabroom town.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina urges India to inform the Bangladesh beforehand if it takes any decision to stop the export of essential commodities like onion to Bangladesh in future causing a market debacle in the next door neighbour.

North Korea yesterday confirmed it has carried out its first underwater-launched ballistic missile test in three years, in an apparent bid to dial up pressure on the United States ahead of a weekend resumption of their nuclear diplomacy.

North Korea fired what appeared to be a submarine-launched ballistic missile, Seoul said yesterday, just days before Washington and Pyongyang were set to resume long-stalled nuclear talks. Pyongyang frequently couples diplomatic overtures with military moves, as a

The US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) blocks the import of disposable rubber gloves from a Malaysian company suspected to have been made with forced labour.

North Korea fired what appeared to be a "submarine-launched ballistic missile", Seoul says, a day after Washington and Pyongyang announced they would resume stalled nuclear talks.

Hong Kong awakes to widespread damage and calls for more protests following some of the most violent clashes in nearly four months of unrest, including the shooting of a teenage demonstrator by police.

North Korea and the United States will hold working-level nuclear talks on Saturday, Pyongyang said, signalling the resumption of a dialogue process that has been effectively stalled since the collapse of a summit in February.

Hong Kong police shot a pro-democracy protester yesterday as the city was lashed by its worst unrest of the year, hours after China celebrated 70 years of Communist Party rule with a massive military parade.

At a cocktail event following the longlist announcement of the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature-2019 in New Delhi, HS Narula, chairman of the infrastructure giant DSC Limited that funds the prize, comes up to Niraj Bhari, publisher of FinePrint Books, and asks why Nepali publishers repeatedly failed to submit their books for the award.

Hong Kong is in lockdown with barricades in the city centre, shuttered stores and a heavy riot police presence, as authorities scramble to ensure protests do not overshadow China's National Day festivities in Beijing.

Chinese President Xi Jinping yesterday vowed to uphold Hong Kong’s special status on the eve of a huge military parade in Beijing that risks being upstaged by more protests in the semi-autonomous city.

Fierce clashes broke out between protesters and riot police in Hong Kong yesterday as thousands marched through the strife-torn city, during a day of global protests aimed at casting a shadow over communist China’s upcoming 70th birthday.

At least 36 people died and 36 others were injured in east China when a packed coach with a flat tyre collided with a truck, authorities

Heavy rain yesterday continued to batter Patna where three days of unprecedented downpour has flooded homes and hospitals, bringing life to a standstill for thousands of people.