One of the convicts in the Nirbhaya rape case, Vinay Kumar Sharma, filed a curative petition before the Supreme Court yesterday, days after a Delhi court fixed the date for hanging the four convicts.

Beijing should not see Taiwan’s elections as representing a win or loss for China, Taiwan’s foreign minister said yesterday, days ahead of a vote overshadowed by Chinese efforts to get the island to accept its rule.

Chief Justice of India S A Bobde yesterday observed that the country is going through difficult times and there is so much violence going on as the Supreme Court refused urgent hearing on a plea seeking to declare the Citizenship Amendment Act as constitutional.

“If needed, I will fight alone,” a livid Mamata Banerjee declared yesterday in the West Bengal assembly where she said she will boycott a meeting called by Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi on January 13 over campus violence and the CAA, exposing the opposition faultlines on the issues.

Millions went on strike throughout India yesterday, unions said, as workers angry at the government’s labour policies brought travel chaos across the country.

One of Bollywood’s top stars sparked a social media storm yesterday, attracting admiration and vitriol after showing solidarity with students who were attacked at a Indian university this week.

Human Resources Minister M Kula Segaran today indicated that Malaysia is aiming to reach a "zero-cost recruitment" agreement for migrant workers from Bangladesh as part of efforts to avoid risking US trade sanctions.

The last decade was India’s hottest on record with the national weather office calling the impact of global warming “unmistakable” and extreme weather killing more than 1,500 people last year.

There is a “desperate need” for practical ways to improve ties with North Korea, the South’s President Moon Jae-in said yesterday, adding that he was ready to meet with the reclusive leader in Pyongyang repeatedly if necessary.

New Delhi will hold elections next month, officials said yesterday, in a key popularity test for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party as it reels from nationwide protests over a new citizenship law.

Beijing’s new top envoy to Hong Kong said he hoped the protest ravaged city would “return to the right path” as he took up his post yesterday.

A Rohingya man is detained with fake passport and other documents after he lands at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka from Malaysia.

The UN General Assembly approves a resolution strongly condemning human rights abuses against Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslims and other minorities, including arbitrary arrests, torture, rape and deaths in detention.

The death toll from Typhoon Phanfone's battering of the Philippines on Christmas Day has risen to 28, and will likely climb further, authorities say.

Twelve people died and dozens were injured when a passenger plane carrying 100 people crashed shortly after takeoff from Kazakhstan's largest city and slammed into a house, officials say.

At least two dozen people died and 13 others were injured after a bus plunged into a ravine in Indonesia, police say.

A lot of talk is going on about unconventional and extravagant works of art created by artificial intelligence (AI) -- currently on display in various places across the nation.

Hong Kong riot police yesterday broke up a solidarity rally for China’s Uighurs -- with one officer drawing a pistol -- as the city’s pro-democracy movement likened their plight to that of the oppressed Muslim minority.

North Korea yesterday warned Washington would only aggravate tensions and “pay dearly” for criticising Pyongyang over human rights, with nuclear negotiations between the two deadlocked.

US President Donald Trump spoke on Friday with Chinese President Xi Jinping and claimed progress on issues from trade to North Korea and Hong Kong, but China said Xi accused the United States of interfering in its internal affairs. The two leaders spoke a week after their envoys sealed a “Phase 1” agreement aimed at ending an 18-month trade war that has rattled markets and raised tensions.