Indian President Ram Nath Kovind has given assent to the Triple Talaq Bill passed by Parliament, turning it into a law which makes the practice of instant divorce among Muslims a punishable offence, a government notification said. The Act will replace an ordinance

At least 12 people were killed as monsoon rains lashed Pakistan’s port city of Karachi, officials and charity groups confirmed yesterday, while flooding also triggered power outages and overwhelmed the metropolis’s fragile infrastructure. Authorities said the deaths

The body of a billionaire Indian coffee magnate who went missing amid financial troubles was found by a river in southern India, police said yesterday. VG Siddhartha, founder of the Cafe Coffee Day chain that beat Starbucks at its own game in India, was last seen Monday

Pakistani officials evacuated more than 50 Chinese nationals working near the Kashmir frontier, authorities said yesterday, after skirmishes with India killed at least three people and injured dozens.

Authorities in Southern India recover the body of coffee baron VG Siddhartha floating in a river, two days after his disappearance sparked speculation he was under intense financial strain.

Sri Lanka’s Muslim ministers who resigned en-masse in the wake of the deadly Easter Sunday bombings have rejoined the government, officials said yesterday, after police cleared them of any involvement with Islamists. Nearly 100 people linked to a local jihadist group

Reiterating that Bangladesh sheltering 1.1 million Rohingyas for the sake of humanity, Law Minister Anisul Huq tells the United Nation that the flow of Rohingyas into Bangladesh still continues, albeit low.

An Indian teenager who accused a senior politician of rape is fighting for her life after being critically injured in a crash that killed two relatives, raising suspicions of foul play. Her lawyer was also badly injured in the accident, which occurred in northern Uttar Pradesh

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is teaming up with British TV adventurer Bear Grylls to venture into India’s wilderness to raise awareness about protecting nature, the show’s host said.

India’s wild tiger population has increased by more than 30 percent in the last four years, according to a new census released yesterday, raising hopes for the survival of the endangered species.

Eleven rebel lawmakers of the Congress and three from HD Kumaraswamy’s Janata Dal Secular were disqualified by Karnataka Speaker KR Ramesh Kumar yesterday. The move brings down the majority mark in the assembly within the reach of the newly formed BJP

Tensions in Indian-administered Kashmir rose yesterday over the weekend deployment of at least 10,000 paramilitary troops to the troubled region despite authorities’ assertions the move was routine.

Ten Pakistani soldiers were killed by militants yesterday in two separate incidents in the country’s northwestern and southwestern provinces, the military said. Six soldiers patrolling near the Afghan border were killed in North Waziristan district when militants opened

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan returned home from Washington yesterday after a visit seen by supporters as a major diplomatic success, saying he felt like he had when he came back after winning the cricket World Cup. US President Donald Trump’s warm reception

India’s longest-serving female prisoner, who was convicted over the assassination of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi, walked out of prison yesterday on a 30-day parole to arrange her daughter’s marriage.

A delegation of West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress lawmakers met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Parliament on Wednesday and submitted a memorandum urging him to take steps to change the state’s name to “Bangla”.

A court in Pakistan on Wednesday remanded to custody Hafiz Saeed, accused of masterminding a four-day attack on India’s financial capital in 2008, after a hearing following his arrest last week on terrorism financing charges, his lawyer said. Saeed’s arrest came just ahead of a visit to

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan said Tuesday he would meet with the Taliban after returning to his country, as part of efforts to end

Sri Lanka’s parliament has blocked a visiting UN human rights expert from meeting with judges hearing war crimes cases, citing fears of foreign interference in the judicial system.

Despite Myanmar’s repeated claims that it is ready for Rohingya repatriation, satellite images show no sign of reconstruction of villages destroyed during a 2017 military-led crackdown, even worse, destruction of residential buildings has continued in the state.