The Chinese government is taking draconian measures to slash birth rates among Uighurs and other minorities as part of a sweeping campaign to curb its Muslim population, even as it encourages some of the country’s Han majority to have more children.

India registered its highest spike in the number of coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours with 19,906 new patients, pushing the tally to 528,859, the health ministry said today.

Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan faced a growing backlash Thursday after he said former Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden had been "martyred".

Political tensions between the rival Koreas had been rising over Pyongyang's objections to plans by defector-led groups in the South to send propaganda leaflets into the North. Stalled negotiations regarding economic sanctions imposed because of the North's nuclear weapons programme had also fuelled tensions.

The Indian and Chinese army reached a consensus to "disengage" from all friction areas in eastern Ladakh at a marathon meeting of top military commanders from both sides on Monday, the Indian media reported today.

Amidst rising border tension with China, Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh today embarked on a three-day visit to Russia during which he will hold talks with top Russian military brass.

India’s Department of Telecom (DoT) may ask state-owned telecom service provider Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) to not use Chinese telecom gear to upgrade its 4G network, in a move which comes amidst India-China military standoff in eastern Ladakh.

Scores of domestic flights in and out of Beijing are canceled as officials ramp up attempts to contain a coronavirus outbreak in the Chinese capital over the past week that sparked fears of renewed wider contagion.

An Indian Army officer and two soldiers were killed during a “violent face-off” with the Chinese military in the Himalayan heights of eastern Ladakh's Galwan Valley last night, the Indian armed force said today.

Malaysian authorities detain 269 Rohingya refugees and find a body on board a suspected smuggling boat they say was intentionally damaged so it couldn’t be turned back to sea.

India expresses concern at a United Nations report that said a large number of foreign terrorist fighters, including up to 6,500 Pakistani nationals, are operating in Afghanistan and says this vindicates New Delhi’s long-held position that Pakistan remains the epicentre of international terrorism.

China's parliament approves a decision to go forward with national security legislation for Hong Kong that democracy activists in the city and Western countries fear could jeopardise its special autonomy and freedoms.

India’s relations with two of its northern neighbours China and Nepal have of late come under considerable strain over territorial disputes.

Hong Kong activists call for a protest march against Beijing's plans to impose national security legislation in the city, prompting alarm that the new laws could erode its freedoms through "force and fear".

Four people are killed and another 24 injured when an earthquake shakes southwestern China, local authorities say.

UN Security Council European member states and Britain on Thursday denounced violence in Myanmar and expressed concern over the coronavirus pandemic in the country, in a document China refused to endorse, diplomatic sources say.

Chinese youngsters in the global virus epicentre of Wuhan file back to class, wearing masks and walking in single file past thermal scanners.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was not gravely ill, two South Korean government sources said on Tuesday, following reports he had undergone a cardiovascular procedure and was now in "grave danger".

Thailand has found the largest number of nests of rare leatherback sea turtles in two decades on beaches bereft of tourists because of the coronavirus pandemic, environmentalists say.

Sixty-three Bangladeshis reportedly have tested positive for Covid-19 in Malaysia.