The Indian Government and the BJP yesterday “totally disassociated” itself from Jammu & Kashmir Chief Minister

India yesterday announced a modest 7.9 percent increase in defence spending for the fiscal year starting 01 April,

The United States on Friday set out what it called its "bottom lines" to reach a deal with Iran to rein in its nuclear program, ahead of new talks next week.

At first glance, the Toyota Corolla looked like any other taxi bumping along the craggy street.

Sri Lanka yesterday began a three-day hearing on missing persons cases amid protests by Tamil groups who are demanding a credible investigation into such issues.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un has urged his army to prepare for war with the United States and its allies, state media said yesterday,

Avalanches triggered by heavy snow have killed more than 100 people in mountainous areas of northern Afghanistan, officials said yesterday, as rescuers battled to save dozens more trapped in the snow.

New Delhi's new chief minister Arvind Kejriwal yesterday announced his government will halve power bills and provide free water to poorer households after his anti-corruption party won a landslide election this month.

A political crisis in the Maldives will deepen unless parties hold emergency talks following the arrest of ex-president Mohamed Nasheed on terrorism charges, an anti-corruption watchdog said yesterday.

The first train to complete a journey on the world's longest railway line, connecting Spain and China, has returned home.

A court in India's Mumbai city yesterday sentenced gangster Abu Salem, a key associate of crime lord Dawood Ibrahim,

Rajendra Pachauri, who quit this week as head of the UN's climate science panel following sexual harassment claims, is recovering in a New Delhi hospital from a heart problem,

A former model and Miss Turkey could face up to two years for social media posts that prosecutors have deemed to be critical of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

The US has warned its citizens to defer non-essential travel to Pakistan due to a threat posed by foreign and local militants throughout the country.

The United States and regional power India have voiced concern after former Maldives president Mohamed Nasheed was forcibly dragged into court to face terrorism charges and denied legal access and medical treatment.

France's defence minister yesterday held talks with his Indian counterpart in a fresh attempt to seal a troubled deal to sell 126 Rafale fighter jets.

Accusing the Modi government of antipathy towards farmers, Social activist Anna Hazare yesterday launched a two-day agitation against the controversial land acquisition ordinance here,

Washington and Tehran's top diplomats sat down again yesterday for talks on Iran's nuclear programme as they struggled to narrow gaps ahead of a key deadline.

Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi has gone on a sabbatical “for a few weeks” to reflect upon recent events and the future of the party that was completely wiped out in the Delhi Assembly elections capping a string of losses.

Police in the Maldives yesterday arrested former president Mohamed Nasheed under an anti-terror law for the alleged illegal detention of a judge when he was in power more than three years ago.