A special court in India today sentenced to death 38 out of the 49 convicts in the serial blast case in Ahmedabad that left 56 people dead and more than 200 others injured nearly 14 years ago.

Pakistan’s military has stepped up operations along the Afghan border in recent weeks after a spate of militant attacks that has dashed any hope the frontier might see more peace and stability after the end of the war in Afghanistan.

A special Southeast Asian envoy to the crisis in Myanmar yesterday said he was seeking to visit the country next month and appealed to its military junta to give its blessing for him to talk with a shadow government it has labelled “terrorists”.

The Saudi Arabian army chief paid a “historic and landmark” first visit to India this week, according to a press release from the Indian Ministry of Defence.

T Kumar, a veteran photojournalist working for United News of India (UNI), died by suicide at the agency’s Chennai bureau office after he was reportedly deprived of salary for 60 months.

In a first-ever visit to India by a serving Royal Saudi Land Forces Commander, Lt Gen Fahd Bin Abdullah Mohammed Al-Mutair wrapped up a three-day tour -- from February 14 -- that New Delhi says gave a major boost to expanding bilateral military cooperation.

Liton Bhumij’s family in Bangladesh had begun to lose hope of finding the 25-year-old with special needs, when an activist found him at a tea garden in Assam’s Cachar -- years after Liton accidentally entered Indian territory in 2017.

Thirteen people including women and children died after accidentally falling into a well during a wedding ceremony in India’s Uttar Pradesh last evening.

North Korea marked the 80th birthday of leader Kim Jong Un’s late father with a mass outdoor meeting in sub-zero temperatures, state media reported

Indian tax officials yesterday conducted searches at the offices of Chinese tech giant Huawei, the firm said, days after New Delhi banned a host of Chinese apps over national security concerns.

China’s factory-gate inflation eased to its slowest pace in six months and consumer price growth also softened in January amid weakening property sector demand, new coronavirus curbs and government efforts to rein in surging materials costs.

Schools reopened in southern India under tight security yesterday with public gatherings banned following protests over Muslim girls wearing the hijab in classrooms.

A chaotic situation prevailed in the southern Indian state of Karnataka today as burqa-clad Muslim students were barred entry in several pre-university colleges following a High Court order restraining pupils from wearing any religious clothing in educational institutions.

Fortify Rights has urged ASEAN to support the establishment of a UN Security Council-mandated global embargo on the sale of weapons and military technology to Myanmar.

A dispute over restrictions on the wearing of the hijab by female students in a southern Indian state has now reached India’s most populous state of Uttar Pradesh, with a group of youngsters asking a college to ban the head covering.

Myanmar’s junta on Monday said it would not attend an upcoming Asean summit after the bloc’s “regrettable” exclusion of its top diplomat over a lack of progress in defusing post-coup violence.

The Myanmar military massacred civilians, used human shields, and committed other atrocities in Karenni State in acts that may amount to war crimes, said Fortify Rights in a new flash report published today.

India's Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) today questioned actor and West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress lawmaker Deepak Adhikari, popularly known by his on-screen name Dev, for nearly five hours in connection with its probe into a cattle smuggling racket operating along the border with Bangladesh.

India today advised its nationals in Ukraine, particularly students whose stay is not essential, to leave the country temporarily in view of “uncertainties of the current situation following escalating tensions between the European country and Russia.

A special court in India today convicted senior opposition leader and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav in the Rs 139.5 crore government treasury embezzlement case.