At least 36 people have been arrested in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal after violent clashes disrupted a religious procession, a senior state police official said yesterday.

Nine Chinese aircraft crossed the Taiwan Strait’s median line yesterday carrying out combat readiness patrols, Taiwan’s defence ministry said, days after Beijing threatened retaliation if President Tsai Ing-wen meets US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.

The death toll after a floor collapsed at a Hindu temple in India had risen to 36 yesterday after rescuers discovered the body of the last person still missing, police told AFP.

At least nine people died in a stampede during a Zakat distribution among families of a private company's employees in Karachi's Sindh Industrial & Trading Estate (SITE) area today, according to police and health officials.

At least 31 people died and 230 were rescued after a fire engulfed a ferry in the southern Philippines, authorities said yesterday.

Twitter has blocked the Pakistan government’s account from being viewed in India in response to a legal demand, according to a notice on the social media

Asia must avoid “chaos and conflicts” or the region’s future will be lost, Chinese Premier Li Qiang has said.

According to Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, eleven bodies have been retrieved so far

Four policemen were killed by a roadside bomb as they scrambled to protect a police station under siege by Taliban militants in northwest Pakistan, officials said Thursday

The Bombay High Court yesterday declined to grant relief to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in a complaint seeking action against her for allegedly disrespecting the national anthem at an event in Mumbai in 2022. Justice Amit Borkar

Pakistan’s National Assembly yesterday passed the Supreme Court (Practice and Procedure), Bill 2023, which aims to deprive the office of the chief justice of Pakistan (CJP) of powers to take suo motu notice in an individual capacity. The bill, presented by

External pressure will not stop Taiwan engaging with the world, President Tsai Ing-wen said yesterday as she left for the United States, hitting a defiant note after China threatened retaliation if she met US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.

The National Assembly today passed the Supreme Court (Practice and Procedure), Bill 2023, which aims to deprive the office of the chief justice of Pakistan (CJP) of powers to take suo motu notice in an individual capacity.

The Bombay High Court yesterday declined to grant relief to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in a complaint seeking action against her for allegedly disrespecting the national anthem at an event in Mumbai in 2022..Justice Amit Borkar dismissed the application filed by Mamata cha

Chinese President Xi Jinping lauded what he called the easing of tensions in the Middle East during a call with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman yesterday, state media reported.

The founder of a project that campaigned for girls’ education in Afghanistan has been detained by Taliban authorities in Kabul, his brother and the United Nations said yesterday.

North Korea unveiled new, smaller nuclear warheads and vowed to produce more weapons-grade nuclear material to expand the country’s arsenal, state media KCNA said yesterday, as a US aircraft carrier arrived in South Korea for military drills.

China has handed out $240 billion worth of bailout loans to 22 developing countries at risk of default over the past two decades, with the trend accelerating in recent years, a report said yesterday.

After buying NDTV, embattled billionaire Gautam Adani’s AMG Media Networks Limited (AMNL) has acquired about 49 percent stake in another Indian news platform.

The ousted ruling party of Myanmar’s former leader Aung San Suu Kyi was among 40 political parties dissolved yesterday, after they failed to meet a registration deadline for an election set to perpetuate the military’s political dominance.