A Hong Kong man shot by police at point-blank range during democracy protests in 2019 was jailed for six years yesterday on charges that included trying to snatch the firearm that wounded him.

A blast tore through a religious school during prayer time in the northern Afghan province of Samangan yesterday, killing 15 people, a provincial spokesperson

Former Chinese President Jiang Zemin died on Wednesday at the age of 96 of leukaemia and multiple organ failure, Chinese state media reported.

South Korea's military said it scrambled fighter jets as two Chinese and six Russian warplanes entered its air defence zone today.

Hackers allegedly demanded Rs 200 crore in cryptocurrency from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), the premier facility in New Delhi after its server remained out of order for six consecutive days, official sources said.

Fresh clashes have broken out between police and protesters in a southern Chinese city, part of a wave of Covid lockdown-sparked demonstrations across the country that have morphed into demands for political freedoms.

Three people were killed and 23 injured Wednesday when a suicide bomber targeted a police truck in western Pakistan, an attack claimed by the domestic chapter of the Taliban.

Security services were out in force across China’s major cities yesterday, which for the time being appeared to have quelled nationwide protests calling for political freedoms and an end to Covid lockdowns.

Thick smog engulfed India’s capital New Delhi yesterday as air pollution worsened with the setting in of winter, shooting up concentrations of fine particles in the air three times above the acceptable limits.

A Buddhist temple in central Thailand has been left without monks after all its holy men failed drug tests and were defrocked, a local official said Tuesday.

Thick smog engulfed India's capital New Delhi on Tuesday as air pollution worsened with the setting in of winter, shooting up concentrations of fine particles in the air three times above the acceptable limits.

Moscow has sent India a list of more than including parts for cars, aircraft and trains, four sources familiar with the matter said, as sanctions squeeze Russia's ability to keep vital industries running.

General Asim Munir took over as the new chief of army staff (COAS) at a ceremony held at the General Headquarters (GHQ) in Rawalpindi today.

Police in southern India on today ramped up security around Vizhinjam port being built by billionaire Gautam Adani's group after scores of people were injured during clashes with protesters from a fishing community over the weekend.

China's military said today it drove away a US guided-missile cruiser that "illegally intruded" into waters near the South China Sea's Spratly Islands.

China's major cities of Beijing and Shanghai were blanketed with security on Tuesday in the wake of nationwide rallies calling for political freedoms and an end to Covid lockdowns.

Pakistan’s Taliban said yesterday they have called off a shaky ceasefire agreed with the government in June and ordered fighters to stage attacks across the country.

As many as 36 police were injured in clashes with protesters in India’s southern state of Kerala who were demanding the release of a person arrested during a demonstration against a $900-million port project of the Adani Group, officials said.

Chinese security forces detained people and appeared to prevent a planned protest yesterday as authorities worked to stamp out widening dissent seeking political freedoms and an end to Covid lockdowns.

A British government minister Monday denounced Chinese police's actions as "unacceptable" and "concerning" after the BBC said one of its journalists was arrested and beaten while covering Covid protests in Shanghai.