.The first Chinese surveillance balloon that the Pentagon found flying over sensitive US ballistic missile sites may be guided by advanced artificial intelligence technology, a US expert said Friday..A second Chinese surveillance balloon was later spotted over Latin America, the Pent

Beijing said today that US media and politicians had taken advantage of US allegations that China flew an espionage balloon over the northwest United States.

Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities have “beaten and detained” an academic who voiced outrage on live television against their ban on women’s university education, his aide said yesterday.

Police in Assam have arrested more than 1,800 men for marrying or arranging marriages to underage girls, launching what the eastern Indian state’s chief minister said yesterday was the start of a sustained crackdown on the practice.

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said yesterday the government would have to agree to IMF bailout conditions that are “beyond imagination”, as it battles a spiralling economic crisis.

Myanmar’s junta has introduced tough new measures in resistance strongholds under which people accused of treason and “spreading false news” will be tried by a military court, state media said yesterday.

China on Friday expressed regret that what it called a "civilian" airship had strayed into US territory, an incident that sparked a political furor in the United States and raised questions about a planned trip to Beijing by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.

China today said it was working to verify the facts around US claims that Beijing flew a spy balloon over its territory, warning against "hype" over the issue.

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday said that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) delegation, which is visiting the country for discussions on the ninth review of a $7 billion loan programme, was giving a "very tough time" to Finance Minister Ishaq Dar and his team.

Beleaguered Indian tycoon Gautam Adani denied today that his rise to become Asia's richest man -- a title he has lost in a phenomenal stock rout -- was due to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, as shares in his conglomerate slumped again.

Pakistan’s former interior minister and ally of ousted leader Iman Khan was arrested yesterday, a few hours after another senior opposition figure was released from custody.

An Indian journalist held in custody for more than two years without trial walked free yesterday after being granted bail in a money laundering case.

The suicide bomber who killed more than 80 police officers at a mosque inside a sensitive compound earlier this week entered wearing a uniform and helmet, a provincial police chief said yesterday.

The business empire of Gautam Adani is in mayhem, losing more than $100 billion in value and sending the Indian tycoon tumbling down the global rich list after allegations of major accounting fraud.

As Indian tycoon Gautam Adani's woes deepen and force him to drop a share sale, foreign investors and Indian regulators are abandoning any pretence that the conglomerate's troubles are contained and domestic markets will be spared contagion.

The crisis around Indian tycoon Gautam Adani deepened today with the total loss of value to his indebted empire topping $100 billion after it abruptly cancelled a stock sale.

Police chief of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, said today that the police was "closing in" on the terror network behind the suicide attack on a mosque in the Peshawar Police Lines area, revealing that the "bomber was clad in a police uniform".

Nato’s chief yesterday applauded Japan’s plan to double its defence spending, saying the pledge reflected the country’s resolve for greater security involvement in a volatile world.

Myanmar’s junta extended the country’s state of emergency by another six months, state media reported yesterday, likely delaying elections the military had pledged to hold by August.

India’s budget for 2023-24, presented today, provides development assistance of Rs200 crore for Bangladesh, up by Rs30 crore from that of the last financial year.