Indonesia on Saturday banned ingredients linked to the deaths of 70 children in Gambia from cough syrups in the Southeast Asian country as it investigates acute kidney damage that has killed more than 20 children in the capital Jakarta this year.

North Korea yesterday fired a short-range ballistic missile, conducted multiple artillery barrages and flew fighter jets close to the South’s border in another show of force that the US has warned could culminate in a nuclear test.

India's Tata Power (TTPW.NS) late on Friday reported a cyber attack on its IT infrastructure that impacted some of its systems.

India today (October 14, 2022) carried out the successful launch of a ballistic missile from a nuclear submarine in the Bay of Bengal.

North Korea fired a short-range ballistic missile into the sea off its east coast on Friday, South Korea's military said, the latest in a series of launches by the nuclear-armed country.

An Indian Supreme Court panel yesterday said it was divided over a ban on hijabs in schools, and referred the matter to the chief justice, effectively leaving in

Kim Jong Un supervised the launch of two long-range cruise missiles on Wednesday, state media KCNA said yesterday, adding that the weapons had already

Major flooding and landslides caused by monsoon rains in Nepal have killed 48 people in the past two weeks, with 13 others missing after being swept away by

India yesterday scrapped a rule granting voting rights to new residents of its Jammu and Kashmir region after widespread anger among political parties, who labelled it a bid to change the demographics of the country’s only Muslim-majority region.

A two-member bench of India’s Supreme Court today gave a split verdict on petitions challenging a ban upheld by the Karnataka state high court on wearing hijab in educational institutions.

President of India Droupadi Murmu has said that connectivity between Bangladesh and India has increased with the construction of ‘Maitri Setu’ over Feni River.

Floods and landslides killed at least 33 people in western Nepal over the past week, Nepali news agencies reported. Karnali-province in the north-west was heavily hit as rains forced thousands of residents to evacuate.

Indian police said yesterday they have arrested three people including a man claiming to be an occult practitioner for allegedly killing two women as human sacrifices in the belief they would become rich.

The Islamabad High Court (IHC) in Pakistan yesterday granted PTI chief Imran Khan protective bail in a case registered by the Federal

Nobel Peace laureate Malala Yousafzai yesterday met with victims of Pakistan’s devastating monsoon floods, in only the second visit to her

Myanmar’s junta court yesterday sentenced ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi to another six years in prison for corruption, a source with knowledge of the case said, taking the Nobel laureate’s total jail time to 26 years.

Indian police said Wednesday they have arrested three people including a man claiming to be an occult practitioner for allegedly killing two women as human sacrifices in the belief they would become rich.

The Committee to Protect Journalists issued a statement of condemnation on Tuesday in response to a news report and social media post that Vietnam has punitively transferred journalist Pham Doan Trang to a prison facility far away from her family.

A court in military-ruled Myanmar on Wednesday sentenced deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi to three years in prison on charges of accepting a bribe, a source with knowledge of the matter said.

India's retail inflation accelerated to a five month high of 7.30% in September due to surging food prices, staying well above the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) upper tolerance band for a ninth month, a Reuters poll found.