The United States’ military spending has dominated the world for years, but recent data from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) shows China, Russia, Saudi Arabia and India are other four biggest spenders on military.

The United States is examining ways to mitigate any Pakistani retaliation as it piles pressure on Islamabad to crack down on militants, a senior US official says, cautioning that US action could extend beyond a new freeze in aid.

Washington accuses Pakistan of playing a dangerous double game, taking billions in US aid while supporting militants attacking

Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif in a press conference asserts that the PML-N government does not care for United States (US) threats to cut funding to Islamabad in the war against terrorism.

A Reuters graphic makes use of data from the UN Operational Satellite Applications Programme (UNOSAT) to show hundreds of villages in Rakhine state that were once inhabited by the Rohingya, but have now been burned down.

Indian film superstar Rajinikanth announces his entry into politics and decision to form a party, marking the rise of another star in southern India’s political sky.

Cheers and shouts of joy erupted as Singaporean cameraman Lau Hon Meng walked out of the Changi Airport Terminal 2 transit area.

India yesterday accused Pakistan of repeatedly violating human rights by the manner in which the latter had conducted a meeting

Pakistan's anti-graft body has given the nod for launching a corruption case against ousted premier Nawaz Sharif and his younger brother Shahbaz Sharif.

Family members of two Reuters reporters detained in Myanmar said yesterday the pair had told them they were arrested almost immediately after being handed some documents by policemen they had gone to meet.

Pakistani authorities have sent the shoes worn by Kulbhushan Jadhav's wife for forensic examination to determine the nature of the

As Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government prepares to introduce in parliament a Bill that criminalizes the practice of instant triple talaq, or talaq-e-biddat, the All India Muslim Women’s Personal Law Board (AIMWPLB) has backed the proposed legislation that criminalises the practice.

Indian security forces hit back at Pakistan hard killing three Pakistani soldiers across the LoC in Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir, and neutralise a wanted Jaish-e-Mohammad terrorist in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district.

The UN General Assembly urges Myanmar to end a military campaign against Muslim Rohingya and called for the appointment of a UN special envoy, despite opposition from China, Russia and some regional countries.

Muslims in India has urged the government to withdraw its parliamentary bill that abolishes the instant triple talaq saying it goes against Shariah principle and Muslim law.

The Myanmar military, which was accused of ethnic cleansing against the country's Muslim Rohingya minority, has been invited back as an observer in a major multinational military exercise next year led by the United States and Thailand.

A trial court in India convicts senior Indian opposition politician Lalu Prasad Yadav in a corruption case and he was promptly sent to high-security jail.

Three army men including a Major are killed and another injured in ceasefire violation by Pakistan in Keri sector of Rajouri district.

An average citizen in Bangladesh and Indonesia drinks hardly a bottle of wine in a year. Whereas, the lowest alcohol consumption is reported in Pakistan at nearly 0, and people in South Korea are the most prolific drinkers in Asia.

Pakistan has ordered 27 international aid groups to shut down for working in unauthorised areas, spurring human rights campaigners to