Several tourists were among the dead in the blaze, which broke out at about midnight at a club in Arpora in North Goa district

An overnight exchange of gunfire and shelling at a major Pakistan-Afghanistan border crossing killed four civilians and one soldier, Afghan officials said yesterday, the latest flare-up of fighting between the two countries despite a ceasefire since deadly clashes in October.

Disaster-hit Sri Lanka has unveiled a major compensation package to rebuild homes damaged by a deadly cyclone, even as the island yesterday prepared for further landslides and flooding.

Eighteen people were killed in an airstrike on a town in central Myanmar, according to a local official, a rescue worker and two residents who spoke to AFP yesterday.

At the Pakistani border town of Chaman, the local hospital said three people had been discharged after suffering minor injuries during the clash

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday agreed to expand and diversify trade beyond oil and defence despite Western pressure on New Delhi to scale back its decades-old close ties with Moscow.

Chinese leader Xi Jinping accompanied French President Emmanuel Macron to Chengdu yesterday, a rare gesture seemingly reserved for the head of Europe’s second-largest economy that highlights Beijing’s focus on Paris in its ties with the European Union.

Pakistan Ministry of Defence yesterday officially notified Chief of Army Staff Field Marshal Asim Munir as the country’s first chief of defence forces (CDF), a day after President Asif Ali Zardari approved the appointment on the advice of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.

Indian PM thanks Russian president for his 'unwavering commitment towards India'

Raft of agreements and deals to be announced

Will discuss defence, oil, and nuclear energy

Pakistan will temporarily allow UN relief supplies into Afghanistan, officials said yesterday, in the first partial border opening since deadly clashes erupted between the two neighbours in October.

India’s Sarwagya Singh Kushwaha has become the youngest player in chess history to earn an official FIDE rating at the age of three years, seven months and 20 days.

India, Russia aim for $100 billion in trade by 2030

Bangladesh high commissioner highlights economic interdependence, cultural diplomacy

Two leaders will hold summit talks on Friday

The disruptions have left thousands of travellers stranded for three days now.

India yesterday revoked its order to smartphone makers to preload a state-run cybersecurity app days after the plan triggered a major backlash from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s opponents and privacy activists over surveillance fears.

Myanmar’s military said yesterday it arrested a man who sent anti-election messages in a private Facebook chat, wielding laws that rights groups say curb personal liberties to crush dissent.

31 people still missing, police say