A man accused of shooting dead a 17-year-old TikTok star at her home in Pakistan after she had repeatedly rejected his advances was formally indicted Saturday, an AFP reporter in court saw.

Nepal’s deposed prime minister KP Sharma Oli yesterday said his government did not order police to open fire on protesters and called for a probe into violence that killed at least 73 people.

India yesterday said it hoped Saudi Arabia would keep in mind mutual interests and sensitivities between the two countries, two days after Riyadh signed a mutual defence pact with New Delhi’s old foe Pakistan.

Suicide bomber drove into a paramilitary convoy

Says 'infiltrators' incited bloodshed

Verdict six years after the case went to court

The jolt woke local residents who immediately rushed outside.

See new law as a threat to press freedom

The Maldivian parliament has passed legislation to regulate journalists and media institutions despite widespread concerns that it would curb press freedom in the atoll nation.

India, Iran and other Moscow allies from Asia and Africa have joined the Russia-Belarus Zapad military drills, Russian state media reported on Tuesday, citing the Kremlin.."The coalition force includes task forces and military contingents from the armed forces of the People's Republic of B

Parvez Karim Abbasi discusses Bangladesh’s geopolitical balancing act

Nepal’s new interim prime minister unveiled her first ministers yesterday, as the Himalayan nation seeks to restore order after deadly youth-led anti-corruption protests that ousted the previous government.

Trump will speak to Xi Jinping on Friday for the deal

All the five students will be sent back to their country, says NIT director

Nearly 500 airstrikes launched nationwide by the military in the last month

India is waging an all-out offensive against the last remaining traces of the Naxalite rebellion

The group used VPNs to access banned platforms and issued calls to action that reached tens of thousands of young people

India's Supreme Court declined to suspend the entire Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025 but stayed two of its key provisions

At least 72 people were killed during chaos beginning on September 8

Nepal’s new leader yesterday vowed to follow protesters’ demands to “end corruption” as she began work as interim prime minister, after “Gen Z” youth demonstrations ousted her predecessor.