Aung San Suu Kyi's party has taken an unprecedented public mandate into parliament. But popularity and power are only the beginning

Thirteen students drown while swimming off a beach on India's west coast, police say. The group is among more than 100 from a college in Pune who went for a picnic to Murud beach near Alibag, Maharashtra state.

In a modest dormitory in Myanmar's capital Naypyidaw, novice MP Tin Thit recites a poem he has penned called "No Retreat", steeling himself to enter Myanmar's parliament carrying the dreams of a nation left traumatised by army rule.

Five police personnel and two civilians are killed in a Maoist attack at Palamu in India’s Jharkhand. Around eight persons are injured in the attack.

Myanmar President Thein Sein hails the "triumph" of the country's transition of power, addressing a military-dominated parliament for the final time before a handover to Aung San Suu Kyi's pro-democracy movement.

Thousands gathered in New Delhi amid tight security yesterday for India's annual Republic Day parade, a pomp-filled spectacle of military

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has vowed to "bury" the Islamic State group's affiliate in Afghanistan, a report said, after Washington

French President Francois Hollande vowed yesterday not to weaken his resolve against terrorism as he held talks with India's leader on

India signs a deal with France to purchase 36 Rafale fighter jets, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi says.

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has promised to "bury" the Islamic State (IS) militant group, whose local offshoot has clashed with government forces and Taliban fighters.

Amit Shah has been re-elected president of India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for the next three years.

Nepal's ethnic minorities have rejected a constitutional amendment, dashing hopes of an end to a political crisis that has led to fuel shortages and hampered deliveries of relief materials to survivors of last year's earthquakes.

The Taliban faction behind a massacre at a university in northwest Pakistan this week issues a video message Friday vowing to target schools throughout the country.

As grieving Pakistani parents lament the government's failure to keep their children safe, analysts say the Taliban have sent a message with their latest campus massacre -- a national crackdown on extremism has failed and they can hit targets at will.

Nepal police said yesterday they fired on demonstrators, killing three, after fresh violence erupted in the country's southern plains where ethnic minority protesters have mounted a months-long battle over a new constitution.

Former Maldives president Mohamed Nasheed landed in Britain yesterday, his aide told AFP, after the Indian Ocean islands' government granted him prison leave for urgent surgery.

Legendary classical dancer Mrinalini Sarabhai has died at the age of 97 in the western Indian state of Gujarat.

A rocket fired from Afghanistan hit a shop in a restive Pakistani tribal region close to the Afghan border yesterday, killing three people, officials said. The

In the tiny hamlet of Mawlynnong in India's far north east, plastic is banned and spotless paths are lined with flowers -- but its reputation as Asia's cleanest village has proved a mixed blessing.

Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal (BBIN) have agreed to begin discussions on the possibility of having a BBIN Rail Agreement drawing on the draft Saarc Regional Rail Agreement template.