China carried out fresh military drills around Taiwan yesterday, Beijing said, defying calls to end its largest-ever exercises encircling the island in the wake of a visit by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

On August 8, 1967, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) was established, initiating the process of extensive integration for the sake of peace, stability, and development in Southeast Asia and the region.

China's military announced fresh military drills on Monday in the seas and airspace around Taiwan - a day after the scheduled end of its largest ever exercises to protest against last week's visit to Taipei by U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

Three people died and several were injured in a stampede that broke out at a temple in India's Rajasthan.

Flash floods caused by abnormally heavy monsoon rains killed at least 549 people in Pakistan over the past month, with remote communities in the impoverished southwestern province of Balochistan among the hardest hit, a government agency said.

China’s largest-ever military exercises surrounding Taiwan were drawing to a close yesterday following a controversial visit last week to the self-ruled island by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today (August 7, 2022) said that South Asia, Southeast Asia and China could work together for economic progress by facing challenges caused by the Russia-Ukraine war.

Citing years of abuse by her husband “for giving birth to girls”, an Indian woman died by suicide in New York, detailing her ordeal in a video, according to NDTV.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi today (August 7, 2022) said his country will continue supporting Bangladesh’s development journey, describing Dhaka as their “strategic development partner”.

The Indian Space Research Organization today made history by launching its maiden Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) mission which was transporting an earth observation satellite and a student satellite.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has thanked Bangladesh for reiterating its support for One-China Policy while sharing in detail that some countries “misunderstand and misinterpret” them and they need to follow international rules.

Many people were feared injured after a bomb blast hit Afghanistan’s capital Kabul yesterday, witnesses said. The blast hit a busy shopping street in the western part of the city where members of the Shia Muslim community regularly meet.

North Korea yesterday slammed US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi over her recent visit to the heavily fortified Demilitarized Zone, calling her the “worst destroyer of international peace”.

A regional envoy tasked with brokering peace in Myanmar yesterday admitted that “even Superman cannot solve” the crisis, capping a week of foreign ministerial meetings that ultimately yielded little progress.

Sri Lanka has asked China to indefinitely delay a visit by a ship reported by Indian media to be a spy vessel, following intense pressure by the island’s northern neighbour, official sources said yesterday.

Taiwan officials said Chinese aircraft and warships rehearsed an attack on the island yesterday, part of Beijing’s retaliation for a visit there by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi that has also seen it halt talks with the United States on issues including defence and climate change.

Taiwan's military said it observed "multiple" Chinese planes and ships operating in the Taiwan Strait on Saturday, believing them to be simulating an attack on the self-ruled democracy's main island.

Cambodia's foreign minister on Saturday said the Southeast Asian regional bloc ASEAN had decided that Myanmar's ruling generals would remain barred from any of its meetings until they show progress on a peace plan.

The Islamic State (IS) militant group claimed responsibility for a deadly blast on Friday in a Shi'ite residential area in Afghanistan's capital Kabul.

China yesterday said it was ending cooperation with the United States on a litany of key issues including climate change, anti-drug efforts and military talks, as relations between the two superpowers nosedive over Taiwan.