A bomb killed the former head of a pro-government militia and seven others in northwestern Pakistan, officials said yesterday, in an attack claimed by the local Taliban.

At least seven labourers were killed and one was seriously injured when they fell to the ground while working inside an elevator shaft at an under-construction building in Ahmedabad city of western Indian state of Gujarat today, police said.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today (September 14, 2022) said the Indian government will take steps to notify Bangladesh in advance if they halt exports of any essentials such as sugar, onions, ginger and garlic.

China is willing to shape the international order together with Russia in a “more just and rational direction”, a senior Chinese diplomat said as the two countries’ leaders prepare to meet this week.

Eight cheetahs will be sent to India where they will be personally welcomed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his birthday, officials said yesterday, in an ambitious project to reintroduce the speedy big cats to the country.

Armenia and Azerbaijan yesterday accused each other of violating a truce, after the worst clashes since a 2020 war put in doubt a halting peace process between the arch foes.

China’s President Xi Jinping arrived in ex-Soviet Kazakhstan yesterday in the Chinese leader’s first trip abroad since the early days of the coronavirus pandemic.

At least eight people were killed in a fire that broke out in an electric bike showroom and spread to a lodge above it in southern Indian city of Secunderabad early today.

Bengaluru is notorious for its traffic, which makes simple routes seem unendingly long. However, the story of a doctor who made an exceptional decision to save his patient's life is proving to be motivating.

A Pakistani court yesterday extended former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s pre-arrest bail for eight more days on terrorism charges relating to a speech in which he allegedly threatened police and judicial officers, his lawyer said. Khan, who appeared in court in person, was booked in the case by police in August.

India’s Supreme Court fixed the hearing in 220 petitions challenging the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) of 2019 on October 31 and said it will refer the case to a three-judge Bench.

Indian Supreme Court is likely to hear today a batch of pleas challenging the constitutional validity of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) which seeks to grant citizenship to non-Muslim migrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan on or before December 31, 2014.

India yesterday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will take part in a regional summit in Uzbekistan that according to Russia will see face-to-face talks between Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping.

Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan escaped a plane crash on Saturday after the plane he was on made an emergency landing after the airplane developed a technical snag soon after it was airborne mid-air.

Indian Supreme Court is likely to hear -- tomorrow (September 12, 2022) -- a batch of pleas challenging the constitutional validity of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) which seeks to grant citizenship to non-Muslim migrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan on or before December 31, 2014.

North Korea has passed a law declaring its readiness to launch preventive nuclear strikes, including in the face of conventional attacks, state media said.

A Black Hawk helicopter crashed during a Taliban training exercise in Afghanistan's capital Kabul, killing three, the group's defence ministry said on Saturday.

The Partition of the Indian subcontinent separated them 75 years ago but the irresistible call of blood relations finally brought about a teary reunion between a brother and his sister separated by the border in 1947 as religious divide blurred.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for “massive” international support for flood-ravaged Pakistan while visiting the country yesterday, as Islamabad put the cost of flood-related damage at $30 billion.

India’s Supreme Court today (September 9, 2022) granted bail to journalist Siddique Kappan who was arrested in October 2020 while on his way to Hathras in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh where a Dalit woman died after allegedly being gang-raped.