At least seven persons, including a colonel of the Indian army, his wife and son were killed when their convoy was ambushed by suspected insurgents in the northeastern state Manipur’s Churachandrapur district bordering Myanmar.  

Terming the air pollution in New Delhi and neighbouring areas an “emergency situation”, Indian Supreme Court today suggested the authorities take immediate measures including putting the capital under lockdown along with stopping vehicle movements.

Sara Duterte, the daughter of outgoing Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte, will run for vice president in the 2022 elections, the government's election monitor said Saturday, after months of speculation she would seek the top job.

Escalating its standoff with the Indian government, the West Bengal government has decided to move a resolution in the state legislature on November 17 against the extension of the Border Security Force’s jurisdiction from 15 km to 50 km in the state.

A Myanmar junta court yesterday sentenced an American journalist to 11 years in prison on charges of unlawful association, incitement against the military and breaching visa rules, his employer and lawyer said.

The editor of a shuttered Singaporean news website may face jail after being convicted on Friday of defaming government ministers over a letter published on the portal alleging corruption.

Cambodia yesterday angrily condemned a US decision to sanction two senior military officials over a contentious naval base, accusing Washington of showing “utter contempt” for its sovereignty.

India’s federal pollution control board yesterday ordered states and local bodies to be in “complete readiness” for emergency measures to tackle New Delhi’s worsening smog conditions due to a drop in temperature and wind speeds.

Pakistan has removed far-right leader Saad Rizvi from its terrorism watchlist, paving the way for his release from detention under a deal to end weeks of deadly protests by his followers over alleged blasphemy.

At least three people were killed and 15 wounded Friday by a blast at a mosque in Afghanistan’s restive Nangarhar province, a hotbed of Islamic State activity, officials said.

India’s Congress leader Rahul Gandhi yesterday attacked the Centre citing different takes by the ministry of external affairs and Chief of Defence Staff Bipin Rawat on the issue of Chinese village at the border.

The birth centenary of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and the golden jubilee of Bangladesh’s independence is set to be celebrated at the Kolkata Book Fair on January 31 next year.

Afghanistan is “at the brink of economic collapse” and the international community must urgently resume funding and provide humanitarian assistance, Pakistan’s foreign minister warned yesterday at a meeting with US, Chinese, Russian and Taliban diplomats in Islamabad.

The Asia-Pacific region must not return to the tensions of the Cold War era, Chinese President Xi Jinping said yesterday, ahead of a virtual meeting with US President Joe Biden expected as soon as next week.

The Chinese Communist Party yesterday passed a “historical resolution”, cementing Xi Jinping’s status in political history.

Heavy rains across southern India and Sri Lanka have killed at least 41 people, authorities said yesterday, with weather forecasters expecting

China on Thursday held a subdued version of its annual  “Single’s Day” shopping spree, shorn of the usual boasting on sales volume as the country’s chastened e-commerce sector kept a lower profile amid a government crackdown on platforms such as those operated by Alibaba.

Beijing authorities have sealed off a mall and locked down several residential compounds over a Covid flare-up, as the latest outbreak spread to the Chinese capital’s central districts.

Children below the age of five have been exempted from both pre- and post-arrival testing for Covid-19 as India today came out with fresh guidelines for international arrivals.

India's Uttar Pradesh state Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) today said it has apprehended two more people, who are allegedly part of a human trafficking syndicate, on a tip-off given by four persons including three Bangladeshi nationals.