The Taliban yesterday vowed to continue its bloody fight against the Afghan government and their foreign backers, brushing aside rising

US Defense Secretary James Mattis arrived in Beijing on his first ever visit to China yesterday, aiming to find room for military cooperation as security tensions between the two superpowers edge higher.

Thailand will hold a general election by May 5 next year, a deputy prime minister said yesterday, signalling the possibility of another

The summer heat took its toll on an IAF personnel who collapsed during the guard of honour ceremony organised at the Rashtrapati

Malaysian authorities have made the first arrest in a renewed probe into the multi-billion dollar scandal at state fund 1MDB, remanding a

India and the Seychelles yesterday agreed to work jointly on developing a naval base at the Assumption Island in the Indian Ocean

Pakistani cricket star-turned-politician Imran Khan on Sunday kicked off his election campaign by staging a major rally and promising

The two Koreas yesterday marked their war anniversary in a mood of detente, with Pyongyang dropping its customary anti-US rhetoric

A "sea change" is needed to achieve a global goal of ending child marriage by 2030, campaigners say ahead of a major meeting aimed at stopping the practice.

An Indian Army Major was arrested in Uttar Pradesh's Meerut yesterday in connection with the murder of the wife of a fellow officer. The 30-year-old

Instances of cross-border narcotics, arms and cattle smuggling showed a cumulative increase along with a steady rise in the number of

India yesterday lodged a "strong protest" against "denial" of access to its top diplomat and consular officials in Islamabad to visit a Sikh

Residents of China's southern city of Yulin defends eating dog meat to celebrate the summer solstice yesterday, as animal rights activists seek new ways to pressure organizers to cancel the annual festival.

China is ready to bolster its ties with landlocked Nepal in infrastructure connectivity, trade and investment under the framework of the Belt and Road Initiative, President Xi Jinping on Wednesday assured Nepal's Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli.

Nepal's Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, who is on a six-day official visit to China, meets his Chinese counterpart Li Keqiang at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

The captain and two crew of an overloaded Indonesian ferry that sank into the depths of a volcanic lake is detained for questioning over the deadly disaster, police say.

North Korea's Kim Jong Un and Chinese President Xi Jinping came to an understanding on issues discussed at a summit of the two

Millions of people around the world will roll out their yoga mats on June 21 to mark the fourth edition of International Yoga Day.

India's ruling party yesterday withdrew from an alliance government in the disputed Kashmir region in what analysts described as an

Embezzlement and bribery with government money are among the charges that Malaysia is looking to bring against former prime