India recorded its second Omicron-linked death today as the country’s daily Covid-19 cases went past the one lakh mark.

Japan and Australia yesterday signed a “landmark” treaty to strengthen defence ties, saying the accord would contribute to regional stability, as China expands its military and economic clout. 

The Delhi Police yesterday arrested the alleged mastermind and creator of the controversial ‘Bulli Bai’ app. According to the Delhi Police, the accused has been

A Moscow-led military alliance dispatched troops to help quell mounting unrest in Kazakhstan on Thursday as police said dozens were killed trying to storm government buildings.

North Korea has successfully tested a hypersonic missile, state media reported Thursday, in the first major weapons test by the nuclear-armed nation this year. 

India today ruled out the possibility of holding the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Summit, saying “there is still no consensus that would permit holding of the summit”.

Delhi Police today arrested the alleged mastermind and creator of the controversial ‘Bulli Bai’ app which targeted Muslim women for a fake “auction”.

Hospital officials in the northern Chinese city of Xi’an have been punished after a pregnant woman miscarried after being refused entry, reportedly for not having current Covid-19 test results.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi cancelled his programme in Punjab today after a massive security breach left him stuck on a highway for 20 minutes because of protesting farmers, reports NDTV.

North Korea fired a suspected ballistic missile off its east coast yesterday, just hours before South Korean President Moon Jae-in attended a

India today acknowledged that Omicron has become the dominant circulating variant of Covid-19, replacing Delta strain in the country.

Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev accepted the government's resignation on Wednesday, his office said, after a fuel price increase in the oil-rich Central Asian country triggered protests in which nearly 100 police were injured.

The Philippines will expand coronavirus restrictions in Manila from today to include more than 11 million people living near the capital as cases surge, the government said.

A landslide at a construction site in southwest China’s Guizhou province has killed at least 14 people, state media reported yesterday.

In the governor’s compound of Afghanistan’s Ghazni province, a new historical exhibit is unveiled before a rapt audience of Taliban fighters -- sections of blast walls from a former US military base.

A woman suspected to be the prime accused in the case related to the fake online “auction” of Muslim women was detained by Indian police while the engineering student, who was detained in Bengaluru yesterday, has been arrested.

More than one million people in a city in central China were being confined to their homes on Tuesday after three asymptomatic coronavirus cases were recorded in the country's latest mass lockdown.

A destitute Indian woman who claims she is heir to the dynasty that built the Taj Mahal has demanded ownership of an imposing palace once home to the Mughal emperors.

A 21-year-old engineering student has been detained from India’s Bengaluru in connection with the “Bulli Bai” app which targeted Muslim women, the Indian police said last night.

A large chunk of Covid-19 cases in Indian metro areas reported in the last few days are of the Omicron variant, a top official said yesterday, adding that the country is “clearly in the third wave” of the pandemic.