A court in military-ruled Myanmar yesterday sentenced a photojournalist to 20 years in prison, his employer said, the longest known prison term handed down to a media professional since the 2021 army coup.

The main border crossing between Afghanistan and Pakistan was closed yesterday as security forces from both countries exchanged fire, Pakistani security sources said.

After the row over the use of ‘President of Bharat’ instead of the traditional ‘President of India’ in the official dinner invitations sent to guests attending this week’s G20 summit, a note on Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Indonesia visit to attend the

China’s President Xi Jinping skipping this week’s G20 summit in New Delhi was not unusual and will not affect negotiations to produce a consensus communique at the meeting, Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said.

China has ordered officials at central government agencies to not use Apple's iPhones and other foreign-branded devices for work or bring them into the office, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter.

Su Haijin, one of the 10 accused in the billion-dollar money laundering case, has been slapped with a new charge of money laundering on Wednesday

Myanmar's junta on Wednesday criticised an Asean statement condemning military violence and the targeting of civilians as "one-sided", a day after it said it would not take up its upcoming chairmanship of the bloc

The United States on Monday said it expects North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to make a rare trip abroad to meet President Vladimir Putin in Russia, where they are likely to discuss arms for Moscow’s war in Ukraine.

India’s Supreme Court yesterday concluded its hearing on a challenge to New Delhi’s 2019 imposition of direct rule in Jammu and Kashmir, a snap decision that led to protests and mass arrests.

Myanmar’s junta will likely hold elections in 2025, party officials told AFP yesterday, even as the military struggles to crush resistance to its rule.

Southeast Asian leaders strongly condemned violence and attacks on civilians in Myanmar at a summit yesterday, directly blaming the ruling junta, with host Indonesia saying there had been scant progress on an agreed peace plan.

Two people have been detained after using an excavator to dig a hole in the Great Wall of China, state broadcaster CCTV said

The Philippines is ready to chair Asean in 2026 instead of Myanmar, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said today, as the bloc wrestles with how to engage with the country's junta rulers.

Myanmar's junta will likely hold elections in 2025, officials from military-sanctioned political parties told AFP on Tuesday.

Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Tuesday called on South-east Asian leaders to become bolder, more agile and devise a long-term tactical plan to address growing global challenges

Malaysia has been chosen by the Asia News Network (ANN) to host its 25th anniversary -- to be held in Kuala Lumpur next year

Myanmar's detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi is ailing and a request for an outside physician to see her has been denied by the country's military rulers, a source familiar with the matter and the shadow government loyal to her said on Tuesday

The Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) government on Sunday revoked the suspension of a college teacher who had recently argued against the scrapping of Article 370 in the Supreme Court.

A man shot and wounded a Christian priest in eastern Pakistan, according to a police complaint released yesterday, just weeks after vigilante mobs in the area attacked churches and burnt down homes, displacing hundreds in the small religious minority community.

Deeper and more entrenched divisions over Russia’s war in Ukraine risk derailing progress on issues such as food security, debt distress and global cooperation on climate change when the world’s most powerful nations meet this weekend in New Delhi.