Pakistan’s government yesterday said “we decide who stays”, after the United Nations refugee chief urged the country to pause its mass expulsion of Afghans after a major earthquake.

Several social media platforms, including Facebook, were inaccessible in Nepal yesterday after the government blocked unregistered platforms, leaving millions of users angry and confused.

According to Mumbai police, the message said 34 vehicles in the Indian city have been fitted with ‘human bombs’

Several social media platforms, including Facebook, were inaccessible in Nepal on Friday

China has never denounced Russia's war nor called for it to withdraw its troops, and many of Ukraine's allies believe that Beijing has provided support to Moscow

About 84,000 affected, thousands displaced, says aid agency

Student groups met two senior ministers late on Thursday to press their complaints after more than a week of sometimes violent protests over lawmakers' bonuses and police tactics used against demonstrators.

The accident took place on Thursday night in the mountainous Ella area, about 130 kilometres (81 miles) east of the capital.

Right-wing Thai tycoon Anutin Charnvirakul was confirmed yesterday by parliament as the nation’s next prime minister, ousting the dominant populist Shinawatra dynasty.

A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck southeastern Afghanistan yesterday, the German Research Centre for Geosciences said, the third tremor in the same region since Sunday, when one of the country’s deadliest quakes in years killed more than 2,200 people.

Indian finance minister made the announcement after a daylong GST Council meeting

All Indian states and union territories were asked to set up designated detention camps for undocumented immigrants apprehended in India and restrict their movement pending deportation.

A ‘School of Drone Warfare’ was inaugurated by BSF’s director general in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh

The Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK (BROUK) filed the petition seeking arrest warrants for the AA Commander-in-Chief Major General Twan Mrat Naing, Deputy Commander-in-Chief Brigadier General Nyo Twan Awng, and others in the chain of command

New weapons seen aiming to dominate E Asia, deter US, allies

Russia's Vladimir Putin and North Korea's Kim Jong Un flanked Xi at the event to mark the end of World War II, capping a week of diplomatic grandstanding by the Chinese president and his allies against the West

Survivors face worsening conditions, lack of resources

Move allows minorities entering India by December 31, 2024 to stay without valid documents

China yesterday pressed Pakistan to improve security for Chinese nationals who have been repeatedly attacked by militants while working on Beijing-funded multi-billion-dollar infrastructure projects in the South Asian country.

Police were investigating the blast, which appeared to be a suicide bombing, says police official