Two Thai protesters held under the kingdom’s tough royal insult laws are growing extremely weak after nearly three weeks on hunger strike, a hospital statement said yesterday.

Beijing yesterday confirmed that a balloon spotted flying over Latin America is Chinese, while the United States worked to recover what it claimed was an unmanned spy craft it shot down at the weekend.

When China's suspected surveillance balloon first passed into US airspace north of Alaska's Aleutian Islands on Jan. 28, American officials believed there was a good chance it would keep traveling on a northern trajectory over sparsely populated areas.

India's Adani Group today said shares related to some group companies will be released following the pre-payment of $1.11 billion of loans ahead of their maturity in 2024 while denying media reports that said the conglomerate was planning to cut back its capital spending.

The crisis engulfing the Adani group intensified on Monday as dozens of members India's main opposition party were detained by police during protests, and parliament was suspended again due to disruptions over the saga.

India's Adani Group plans to trim its capital spending plans, newspaper Mint reported today citing people close to the development, days after the conglomerate's flagship firm called off a $2.5 billion share sale.

Pakistani former President Pervez Musharraf died yesterday following a prolonged illness at a hospital in Dubai, after years in self-imposed exile.

A highway pile-up in central China has killed 16 people and injured dozens, authorities said Sunday, with footage aired on local media showing burning trucks and smashed cars.

Pakistan's former army chief and president Pervez Musharraf passed away on Sunday after a protracted battle with a rare health condition called amyloidosis. He was 79.

Former president of Pakistan General (retd) Pervez Musharraf passed away in a Dubai hospital at the age of 79, reports Pakistan’s Geo News.

The United States shot down a suspected Chinese spy balloon as it floated off the country's southeastern coast on Saturday, a Reuters witness and US officials said, drawing to a close a dramatic spying saga that drew a spotlight on worsening Sino-US relations..President Joe Biden approved

Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe has conveyed Sri Lanka's gratitude to the Bangladesh government and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for the timely assistance as the country battles to rebuild its economy.

Chile has declared a state of disaster in several central-southern regions after a devastating heat wave sparked forest fires that left at least 13 people dead, authorities said Friday.

Sri Lanka is completing the pre-requisites to unlock a $2.9 billion bailout from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and expects rapid approval from the global lender, President Ranil Wickremesinghe said on Saturday..“We are successfully completing the difficult stage required to get sup

Wikipedia was blocked in Pakistan on Saturday after authorities censored the website for hosting "blasphemous content" in the latest blow to digital rights in the deeply conservative nation.

.The first Chinese surveillance balloon that the Pentagon found flying over sensitive US ballistic missile sites may be guided by advanced artificial intelligence technology, a US expert said Friday..A second Chinese surveillance balloon was later spotted over Latin America, the Pent

Beijing said today that US media and politicians had taken advantage of US allegations that China flew an espionage balloon over the northwest United States.

Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities have “beaten and detained” an academic who voiced outrage on live television against their ban on women’s university education, his aide said yesterday.

Police in Assam have arrested more than 1,800 men for marrying or arranging marriages to underage girls, launching what the eastern Indian state’s chief minister said yesterday was the start of a sustained crackdown on the practice.

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said yesterday the government would have to agree to IMF bailout conditions that are “beyond imagination”, as it battles a spiralling economic crisis.