Fighting has flared in recent days between Myanmar junta forces and rebels opposed to their rule, officials and locals said today, with reports that large numbers of civilians have fled the violence.

Power had returned to most cities across Pakistan on Tuesday, a day after a nationwide breakdown left the country of 220 million people without electricity. .The outage started around 7:30 am (0230 GMT) on Monday, a failure linked to a cost-cutting measure as Pakistan grapples with an eco

The United Nations' aid chief visited Kabul on Monday and raised concerns over women's education and work with the Taliban administration's acting minister of foreign affairs, an Afghan ministry statement said.

Japan’s low birth rate and ageing population pose an urgent risk to society, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said yesterday, pledging to address the issue by establishing a new government agency.

A massive power breakdown in Pakistan yesterday affected most of the country’s more than 220 million people, including in the mega cities of Karachi and Lahore.

Japanese Prime minister Fumio Kishida pledged today to take urgent steps to tackle the country's declining birth rate, saying it was "now or never" for one of the world's oldest societies.

Eleven people, including two children, burned to death in a passenger van crash in central Thailand over the Lunar New Year holiday, police said today.

A power breakdown was reported across Pakistan on Monday morning after the frequency of the national grid decreased, according to the country's Ministry of Energy.

The Indian police in West Bengal have enhanced security along the border with Nepal in a bid to stop suspended Bangladeshi police inspector Sohel Rana, a 'patron' of scam-hit e-commerce platform e-Orange, from escaping to the Himalayan nation, a senior police officer said last night.

A court in Gujarat has made some curious observations on cow slaughter while sentencing a man to life imprisonment for illegally transporting cattle.

China reported nearly 13,000 Covid-related deaths in hospitals between January 13 and 19, after a top health official said the vast majority of the population had already been infected.

China reported nearly 13,000 Covid-related deaths in hospitals between January 13 and 19, after a top health official said the vast majority of the population had already been infected.

A fire at an apartment building in Kobe in western Japan killed four men and left four in critical condition on Sunday, an official said.

India has blocked the airing of a BBC documentary which questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership during the 2002 Gujarat riots, saying that even sharing of any clips via social media is barred.

The Indian government has issued directives for the blocking of multiple YouTube videos and Twitter posts sharing links to BBC documentary “India: The Modi Question”, several Indian media outlets reported yesterday.

The two top-ranking female officials from the United Nations made some progress in engaging with the Taliban to have them reverse their crackdown on women's rights, a UN spokesman said.

At least 28 people were killed in an avalanche in the city of Nyingchi in the southwestern region of Tibet, the official Xinhua news agency reported late on Friday.

Air India has been fined 3 million Indian rupees ($37,000) for its handling of an unruly passenger on one of its flights in November, India's aviation regulator said on Friday.

India’s Supreme Court Collegium has stood by its choice of three judges for appointment to high courts despite the Indian government’s objections.

The death toll from an avalanche that struck a road in mountainous Tibet this week has risen to 20, state television reported yesterday. The snowslide occurred