Several senior Islamic State group members in Afghanistan have been killed in a United States air strike. Thursday's

Two soldiers and three rebels were killed in an overnight gunbattle in Kashmir, officials said yesterday, in the latest

A key ally of Prime Minister Narendra Modi was yesterday facing calls for his resignation after dozens of children

Hundreds of Buddhists took to the streets in western Myanmar yesterday to protest against aid organisations they

Monsoon floods and landslides have killed at least 66 people across Nepal and India but officials fear that figure

Singapore has been reporting more cheerful economic growth numbers this year but this pick-up is not translating into a stronger labour market.

Floods and landslides caused by torrential monsoon rains have killed at least 25 people in the last two days across

At least 64 children have died over six days at a government hospital in northern India that suffered oxygen

At least 36 people are killed and 13 injured when a packed bus slammed into a wall at the mouth of an expressway tunnel in northern China, authorities say.

Nepal's parliament Wednesday criminalised an ancient Hindu practice that banishes women from the home during

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) yesterday imposed an interim ban on use of non-biodegradable plastic bags which

Sri Lanka's foreign minister resigned yesterday after being linked to a controversial financial trader under investigation

Former vice president Hamid Ansari said that there is a feeling of unease and a sense of insecurity among the

The United Nations has warned aid workers in western Myanmar of rising hostility and imminent protests from

Pakistan's former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said the Supreme Court's decision to depose him last month was a

A suspected World War II bomb was found on the premises of Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, an official

Bollywood veteran Dilip Kumar, who was admitted to Lilavati Hospital, Bandra in a critical condition last week, was

German-born nun Ruth Pfau, who devoted her life to eradicating leprosy in Pakistan, died yesterday in Karachi. She was

Bangladesh ranks 10th among countries where more than 45 million people globally are living in modern slavery. In Bangladesh, 1,531,300 people are living in modern slavery, according to Global Slavery Index 2016. According to the index, which ranks 167 countries, half the population of modern slaves are in five countries -- India, China, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Uzbekistan.

Three rebels and one civilian were killed in violence in Indian Kashmir yesterday, police said, two days after soldiers