Beleaguered Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has named a 17-member cabinet, despite growing calls for his resignation, according to the BBC.

India today recorded a sharp rise in daily Covid-19 cases, stoking fears of a fourth wave of the virus.

After a week-long delay, the government is forming the federal cabinet today (Monday) amid uncertainty whether Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) will become a part of it or abstain over a “disagreement” about the distribution of ministries.

Indian police arrested 14 people in connection with violent clashes between Hindus and Muslims during a Hindu religious procession in the country’s capital, New Delhi, police said in a tweet yesterday.

Families of detained Myanmar protesters had their hopes dashed yesterday after political prisoners were not included in some 1,600 people released by the junta to mark the Buddhist new year.

Pakistan said yesterday incidents of its security forces being targeted in cross-border attacks from Afghanistan had risen significantly, and called on Taliban authorities to act against militants, a day after purported air strikes by Pakistan.

Kim Jong Un supervised the test-firing of a new guided weapons system to improve North Korea’s “tactical nukes”, state media said yesterday, capping days of celebrations surrounding the birthday of the country’s founding leader.

China Eastern Airlines has restarted using Boeing 737-800 jetliners for commercial flights less than a month after a crash that killed 132 people on board and grounded over 200 of its aircraft, data from a tracking website showed on Sunday.

Implementing one of the key pre-poll promises within a month of assuming power, the Aam Admi Party government in the north Indian state of Punjab on Saturday (April 16, 2022) announced 300 units of free electricity for households from July one.

India has opposed the methodology used by World Health Organization (WHO) for estimating deaths caused by Covid-19 in the country.

Nepal is asking citizens living abroad to deposit funds in domestic banks as part of efforts to ensure the financial system has enough liquidity and to preserve foreign exchange reserves, finance finister Janardan Sharma said yesterday.

At least five children and a woman were killed in an eastern Afghan province when Pakistani military forces fired rockets along the border in a pre-dawn assault yesterday.

Shanghai reported a record number of symptomatic Covid-19 cases yesterday and other areas across China tightened controls as the country kept up its “dynamic clearance” approach that aims to stamp out the highly transmissible Omicron variant.

Pakistan’s new ruling alliance took control of the lower house of parliament yesterday with the election of a new speaker, cementing control of the assembly after former premier Imran Khan was ousted in a no-confidence vote.

The return to Earth of three astronauts yesterday after six months at China’s new space station marks a landmark step in the country’s space ambitions, ending its longest crewed mission ever.

Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong yesterday said that Finance Minister Lawrence Wong would succeed him as the city-state’s leader.

Violence erupted between two communities in Northwest Delhi’s Jahangirpuri locality during a religious procession tonight, police said.

Thirteen opposition leaders of India, including Congress President Sonia Gandhi and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, today issued a joint statement against growing incidents of hate speech and communal violence in parts of the country.

Taliban authorities on Saturday summoned Pakistan's ambassador in Kabul to protest against military strikes inside Afghanistan by Pakistani forces, the Afghan foreign ministry said.

The Colombo Stock Exchange on Saturday announced a five-day trading halt after crisis-hit Sri Lanka hiked interest rates and declared a default on its external debt during the traditional New Year holiday.