A Sri Lankan ex-government minister surrendered himself to a court yesterday after two months on the run, the latest high profile detention in a sweeping anti-corruption crackdown.

India and Japan will "shape the Asian Century", Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Friday, on a visit expected to secure billions of dollars in Japanese investment and an upgrade to security ties

Afghan officials said Pakistani drones struck homes in Nangarhar and Khost provinces late on Wednesday, killing three people and wounding seven, prompting the Taliban government to summon Pakistan’s ambassador in Kabul yesterday in protest.

Pakistan’s eastern towns of Chiniot and Hafizabad face a risk of catastrophic floods if an irrigation barrage crumbles on a major river upstream after heavy rains swelled it beyond capacity, officials warned yesterday.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un will attend a military parade in Beijing, marking the first public appearance of the two leaders alongside President Xi Jinping in a show of collective defiance amid Western pressure.

Sri Lanka’s most-wanted man has been arrested in Indonesia and will be extradited to face charges including gunning down a rival inside a court, officials said yesterday.

Policy shift comes amid labour shortages in the Southeast Asian country

Afghan officials said Pakistani drones struck homes in Nangarhar and Khost provinces late on Wednesday, killing three people and wounding seven, prompting the Taliban government to summon Pakistan's ambassador in Kabul on Thursday in protest

The temple is one of the most visited shrines in northern India

The Maldives, a luxury holiday destination and top diving spot in the Indian Ocean, will lift a decades-old ban on shark fishing, the president’s office said yesterday.

A 102-year-old Japanese man with a serious heart condition has been certified as the oldest person to climb Mount Fuji -- but still shrugged off the feat as nothing special.

US President Donald Trump’s doubling of tariffs on imports from India to as much as 50 percent took effect as scheduled yesterday, dealing a serious blow to ties between the two countries that became strategic partners after the turn of this century.

Weather officials forecast more rain and thunderstorms with gusty winds for the mountainous region of Ladakh, while heavy rain is set to lash the federal territory of Jammu and Kashmir

A team of drone operators joined climbers and guides at Everest Base Camp this climbing season, armed with heavy-duty drones to help clear rubbish from the world’s highest peak.

China said Tuesday it had rejected a protest lodged by Japan over the development of gas fields in disputed waters of the East China Sea.

Says Indian Ambassador to Russia Vinay Kumar in interview with Russian state news agency TASS

Arifuzzaman had been in hiding since the July uprising

India's high commission in Islamabad shared the warning yesterday

President Donald Trump on Friday tapped close political aide Sergio Gor as US ambassador to India, sending one of his feared enforcers at a delicate time in ties with New Delhi.

Nobel laureate economist Amartya Sen has voiced concern over “linguistic intolerance” in various states of India, especially against Bangla speakers who are suspected of being undocumented Bangladeshi immigrants.