Japan reopened its doors to tourists Tuesday after two-and-a-half years of tough Covid-19 restrictions, with officials hoping an influx of travellers enticed by a weak yen will boost the economy.

India’s Supreme Court yesterday (October 10, 2022) observed that a plea on hate speeches against minorities in the country perhaps may be right in saying the entire atmosphere is getting sullied due to this type of public discourse and needs to be curbed.

Malaysia’s prime minister yesterday dissolved parliament to clear the way for snap elections in a bid to restore political stability as the country emerges from the ravages of Covid-19 and a multi-billion dollar corruption scandal.

Malaysian Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob dissolved parliament on Monday, paving the way for national elections to be held in the coming weeks.

Veteran Indian politician and former chief minister of the country's most populous state Uttar Pradesh, Mulayam Singh Yadav passed away at a corporate hospital in Gurugram this morning (October 10, 2022).

A cabinet minister in India’s New Delhi belonging to the ruling Aam Aadmi Party resigned today (October 9, 2022), a day after a video emerged about his presence at a “religious conversion” event where hundreds of people renounced Hinduism and adopted Buddhism.

Maniruddin Chowdhury and Ratan Bhowmick were close friends. During the turbulence of 1970, Ratan moved to India with his family. Maniruddin, meanwhile, fought in the Liberation war of Bangladesh. Ratan’s family lived in Uttarpara of West Bengal. After many years, Maniruddin went to Uttarpara, sat on the verandah of Ratan’s house, and wanted to see his “mashima” (aunt). Ratan’s sister said that their mother had died. This made Maniruddin weep uncontrollably. Maniruddin and Ratan’s mother shared a mother-son like relationship. Ratan’s nephew Shekhar Bhowmick narrated this story when he came to know about my proposed tour to Bangladesh.

A rare pink diamond has sold in Hong Kong for nearly $58 million, setting a record for price per carat paid at auction for any diamond or gemstone, according to Sotheby’s.

Heartbroken families prayed yesterday for the victims of a Thai nursery massacre as the king offered his support, telling relatives he “shares their grief” in a rare public interaction with his subjects.

North Korea yesterday defended its recent flurry of missile tests as a legitimate counter to US military threats.

At least 11 people were killed and 38 injured when a luxury bus travelling to Mumbai in western Indian state of Maharashtra caught fire after hitting a trailer truck today, officials said.

Israeli forces shot dead two Palestinian teens in separate incidents in the occupied West Bank on Friday, the Palestinian Health Ministry said.

India’s Jammu and Kashmir has received 16.2 million tourists this year, the most since British colonial rule ended in 1947, which Prime Minister Narendra

At least 26 people have been confirmed dead after an avalanche struck climbers in the Indian Himalayas, officials said yesterday, with bad weather hampering

More than one million people have been displaced in Myanmar since the military coup last year, the United Nations children’s agency has said.

Sri Lanka's top court has granted permission for proceedings against former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, the rights group which filed the case against him said in a statement on Friday.

A former policeman killed 38 people, including 22 children, in a knife and gun rampage at a nursery in Thailand yesterday, later shooting dead his wife and child at their home before turning his weapon on himself, police said.

North Korea yesterday fired two ballistic missiles and flew warplanes, while claiming its recent blitz of sanctions-busting tests were necessary

India’s Opposition Congress President Sonia Gandhi yesterday joined the “Bharat Jodo  Yatra” (Unite India Street March) by her son Rahul in

A former policeman killed 34 people on Thursday in a mass shooting at a children's day-care centre in Thailand, with media reporting the gunman later shot and killed himself.