China’s culture ministry is seeking to expand its regulatory authority to livestreaming stars and other online influencers by targeting for the first time the agencies that help personalities monetise themselves online, a move that could shape the future of the booming livestreaming industry that so many Big Tech companies, from ByteDance to Tencent Holdings, have come to rely on for growth.

At least 13 people, including nine Chinese nationals and two Pakistani soldiers, were killed after a blast sent a bus plunging into a ravine in a remote region of northern Pakistan on Wednesday, multiple sources told Reuters.

When Indian parliament begins its monsoon session on July 19, lawmakers will be protected against Covid-19 by the latest technology to mitigate airborne transmission of the virus.

Nepal’s president appointed veteran liberal Sher Bahadur Deuba as prime minister yesterday, the president’s office said, a day after the Supreme Court reinstated the parliament that was dissolved in May.

A Malaysian coronavirus vaccination centre was shut down yesterday after more than 200 workers tested positive for Covid-19, authorities said, as the country’s cases set a new daily record.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi warned yesterday against overcrowding at tourist sites after the Indian Medical Association (IMA) warned that the third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic is “inevitable” and “imminent” and alerted the state governments against allowing potential “super-spreader” events. 

Nepal’s president appointed veteran liberal Sher Bahadur Deuba as prime minister on Tuesday, the president's office said, a day after the Supreme Court reinstated the parliament that was dissolved in May.

After Dr. Ifeanyi Nsofor and his wife received two doses of AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine in Nigeria, they assumed they would be free to travel this summer to a European destination of their choice. They were wrong.

The Punjab Curriculum and Textbook Board (PCTB) on Monday confiscated the social studies book for grade 7 published by the Oxford University Press (OUP) for printing the picture of Malala Yousufzai alongside that of 1965 war hero Maj Aziz Bhatti Shaheed in the list of important personalities.

Part of a hotel collapsed in the Chinese city of Suzhou killing eight people and rescue workers were searching on Tuesday for nine people missing in the ruins, state media reported.

An al-Qaeda offshoot in Kashmir planned attacks in northern India ahead of the country’s Independence Day, police claimed after arresting two men with alleged links to the group on Sunday.

Myanmar’s deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi is facing four additional criminal charges, filed in a court in the country’s second biggest city Mandalay, her lawyer said yesterday.

The UN Human Rights Council yesterday adopted a resolution condemning human rights violations by Myanmar’s military against the Rohingya and other minorities, and called for a process of reconciliation.

Nepal’s top court ousted the sitting prime minister and reinstated the dissolved parliament yesterday, plunging the Himalayan nation into further political uncertainty.

Thailand will use AstraZeneca Plc’s Covid-19 vaccine as a second dose for those who received Sinovac’s shot as their first dose in a bid to increase protection, it said yesterday.

More than 50 people were killed in lightning strikes across several states in India, authorities said Monday, including 11 people at a historic fort. 

Just 25 big cities – almost all of them in China – accounted for more than half of the climate-warming gases pumped out by a sample of 167 urban hubs around the world, an analysis of emissions trends showed. 

UN Human Rights Council unanimously adopted a resolution on the "Human Rights Situation of Rohingya Muslims and other Minorities in Myanmar" today, calling on the international community to continue providing humanitarian assistance until they return to Myanmar.

Myanmar's deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi is facing four additional criminal charges, filed in a court in the country's second biggest city Mandalay, her lawyer said on Monday.

India said the existing bonds of friendship with Bangladesh provide a solid basis for the greater development of South Asia, its joint prosperity, and inclusive growth of the people.