A day ahead of India’s 75th Independence Day, the country’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said August 14 would be observed as “Partition Horrors Remembrance Day” in memory of the struggles and sacrifices of the people.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday called on the Taliban to immediately halt their offensive in Afghanistan, and warned that "Afghanistan is spinning out of control."

Rahul Gandhi, the leader of India’s main opposition party, slammed Twitter yesterday for blocking a tweet over the alleged rape and murder of a nine-year-old girl, saying the platform was playing partisan politics.

Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin made a plea yesterday to opposition lawmakers to support him in an upcoming confidence vote, in a bid to shore up his government and prevent an election amid a resurgence in Covid-19 infections.

At least 21 people died as heavy downpours struck central China’s Hubei province, authorities said yesterday, weeks after record floods wreaked havoc and killed hundreds in a neighbouring province. 

The Taliban seized more major cities yesterday as they raced to take full control of Afghanistan and inched closer to Kabul, with the United States and Britain deploying thousands of troops to evacuate their citizens from the capital. 

At least 2,000 people were evacuated yesterday after a massive landslide in India’s ecologically fragile Himalayan north blocked a major river, officials said. 

1945 - Japan accepted the Allies’ terms of unconditional surrender, ending World War Two.

The Afghan government should engage with the Taliban to reach an inclusive settlement, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Thursday as the militant group made rapid gains amid spiralling violence and worries of a refugee crisis.

The Taliban claimed control over two of Afghanistan's biggest cities on Thursday, according to media reports, as the United States and Britain said they would send thousands of troops to help evacuate their embassy staff.

The Afghanistan government has made a power-sharing proposal to the Taliban in exchange for a halt in the escalating violence in the country, media reports said yesterday, as the insurgents seized the strategic cities of Ghazni, just 150 kilometres from Kabul, and Herat, the country’s third-largest city. 

An Indian rocket carrying a powerful earth observation satellite failed to fire fully yesterday, the state-run space agency said, in a setback for the country’s space programme,

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has accused the United States of seeing his country as useful only in the context of the “mess” it is leaving behind in Afghanistan after 20 years of fighting.

India’s opposition leaders yesterday held a protest march towards Vijay Chowk from Parliament against an abrupt end to the monsoon session and a repeal of the Centre’s three farm laws.

The United States on Thursday urged U.S. citizens to leave Afghanistan immediately using available commercial flight options, a notice on the website of U.S. Embassy in Kabul said, amid a speedy Taliban advance across the country.

Amid rapid gains by the Taliban and after they took control of the 10th provincial capital of Afghanistan, the Ghani administration has offered them a share in power, Pakistani media ARY news reports quoting Afghan media.

A northeastern Indian state that has for years been a big transit point for illicit drugs originating in neighbouring Myanmar has launched a massive crackdown on the trade, seizing record amounts and arresting nearly 2,000 people since May.

The Taliban on Wednesday denied targeting and killing civilians during an offensive against Afghan government troops, calling for an independent investigation and seeking to assure Afghans that "no home or family shall face any threat from our side."

A powerful magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck off the Philippines on Thursday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said, as initial warnings about the risk of tsunamis were lifted and with no immediate reports of casualties or major damage.

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan accused the United States of seeing his country as useful only in the context of the "mess" it is leaving behind in Afghanistan after 20 years of fighting.