The Star's editor-in-chief Leanne Goh of Malaysia has been appointed the Asia News Network chairperson for the period 2017/2018. The appointment was made by the Executive Board of ANN, an alliance of 22 media from 21 countries over the weekend.

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Al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri is being sheltered by Pakistan's ISI, possibly in Karachi, and the Islamic terrorist's "desperate last

Pakistani opposition party lawmakers tore up the agenda and shouted in a parliament session yesterday as they demanded that Prime

Pakistan Peoples’ Party Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari and Tehreeke-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan demand immediate resignation of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.

A bus swerves off a mountain road and plunged into a deep ravine in a Himalayan region of northern India, killing at least 44 people, an official says.

Underscoring the necessity for all countries to support their most vulnerable citizens, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in Bhutan says it is the responsibility of all to make sure adequate social and medical support for individuals with autism and neuro-development disorders.

A teacher has described the moment he was turned on by a Pakistani mob as it lynched a liberal student in a deadly attack which has

India's national carrier Air India is planning to impose penalty of up to 15 lakh rupees (1 US$ equals 65 Indian rupees approx) on passengers causing flight delays in the aftermath of embarrassing incidents involving members of Parliament, who use the carrier for their visits.

Sri Lanka has moved over 400 families to temporary shelters after tonnes of rotting garbage collapsed onto a slum on Friday, killing at

Three former Nepalese soldiers have each been sentenced in absentia to 20 years in jail for killing a teenage girl, only the second

Sri Lankan soldiers dug through rubbish with their bare hands yesterday to pull out victims after a huge garbage mountain collapsed on

Even as Indo-Pak relations are on the boil over the death sentence to Kulbhushan Jadhav, Pakistan said it has arrested three suspected

Referring to the recent mob-lynching of a university student for 'blasphemy', Pakistani Nobel Laureate Malala Yousafzai, in a strongly-

A video goes viral on social media of porn being played out on a big screen at one of the busiest metro stations in Delhi.

Indian Space Research Organisation plans to launch on May 5 the 'South Asia Satellite' that will benefit all the countries in South Asian region, except Pakistan which is not a part of the project.

Ties between Dhaka and Delhi have reached a new height, Indian High Commissioner to Dhaka Harsh Vardhan Shringla says.

Nobel Peace laureate Malala Yousafzai became only the sixth person to receive honorary Canadian citizenship Wednesday, as she

The Lok Sabha, the lower House of Indian parliament, condemns a BJP youth wing leader's offer for a bounty of Rs 11 lakh to anyone who beheads West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appointed Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai a UN Messenger of Peace on Monday to