A strong earthquake struck off the coast of eastern Taiwan yesterday evening, the Central Weather Bureau said, with shaking felt in the capital Taipei but no immediate reports of damage.

On January 1, Quratulain Rehbar, a journalist from Indian-administered Kashmir, woke up to see herself listed for an “online auction”. Her photograph was sourced without her permission and uploaded on an app for “sale”. She was not alone.

Attacked by goons, as she claims, Reham Khan, activist and former wife of Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, has slammed him over the country’s law and order situation.

Lawmakers in Hong Kong’s new “patriots only” legislature swore oaths of allegiance yesterday as it sat for the first time following a new selection process that barred the city’s traditional democracy opposition.

A strong earthquake struck off the coast of eastern Taiwan on Monday evening with shaking felt in the capital Taipei, but authorities said there were no immediate reports of widespread damage or injuries.

Firing of lethal and non-lethal weapons by the Border Security Force (BSF) along the Bangladesh border has remained consistent during the period from 2015 to 2021, The Indian Express reported today quoting latest Indian Home Ministry data.

The Indian government has asked cyber security and police in Delhi and Mumbai to investigate complaints that a website had hosted doctored and “lewd” pictures and objectionable comments “aimed at insulting Muslim women”.

A team of Afghan intelligence agents poured around 3,000 liters of liquor into a canal in Kabul, the country’s spy agency said on Sunday, as the new Taliban authorities crack down on the sale of alcohol.

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that sexual offences have risen sharply in the country.

Thirty-three years after he was abducted, a man finally reunited with his family, thanks to a hand-drawn map of his hometown.

West Bengal yesterday announced a slew of Covid-19 restrictions, including closure of schools and colleges and imposing a night curfew, as India reported more than 27,000 new cases, with infections sharply rising for a fifth consecutive day.

Twenty-two people were injured when a shallow earthquake hit southwestern China yesterday afternoon and shook the popular tourist city of Lijiang, local authorities said.

A South Korean has crossed the heavily fortified border in a rare defection to North Korea, South Korea’s military said yesterday.

The Air Force’s inquiry into the chopper crash that killed CDS General Bipin Rawat, his wife and 11 armed forces personnel is almost complete and will be submitted soon, sources told NDTV yesterday.

Married off at seven to a man old enough to be her great-grandfather, Fatema endured rapes, beatings and starvation until she could take no more and tried to kill herself. Through tears she recalls the beatings she received -- like the time, aged 10, she was flung against a wall and “my head crashed against a nail... I almost died”.

Twelve people were crushed to death in a stampede at an Indian religious shrine in the early hours of yesterday as tens of thousands of pilgrims massed to offer prayers, officials said.

Sri Lanka’s food prices rose by a record 22.1 percent in December, official figures showed yesterday, as the country struggles to finance urgent imports to tackle an acute shortage of essentials.

Bangladesh and India have resumed monitoring the water level of the Ganges and Padma rivers at different points under the Ganges Water Sharing Treaty 1996.

At least 12 people were killed and 14 injured in a stampede caused by a surge of devotees on the New Year's Day at a famous hill-top Hindu shrine in Jammu and Kashmir, Indian media reported today.

India hit out at China for giving “invented” names to several places in a disputed Himalayan region on their border as Beijing looks to assert sovereignty over the territory.