A brother of Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa yesterday became finance minister, tightening the family’s grip on power in the South Asian nation as it confronts growing economic troubles. Basil Rajapaksa, 70, took over the finance portfolio from another brother, Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa.

India has asked the Organization of Islamic Cooperation to be “watchful that its platform is not subverted by vested interests for comments on India’s internal affairs or for anti-India propaganda”.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has written a letter thanking Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for the sweet Haribhanga mangoes, saying she was overwhelmed by the gifts.

Taiwan has asked its office in Washington to remind the United States not to cause "unnecessary speculation or misunderstanding" after the White House deleted a social media post on Covid-19 vaccine donations that included Taiwan's flag.

A legend of Indian cinema, he was one of those who helped turn their film industry into one of the biggest in the world.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday carried out a major expansion and reshuffle of his council of ministers inducting 43 people, including 36 new faces, taking its total strength to 77. 

The vast consumer market of India offers enormous opportunities for Bangladesh’s quality food products, said Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh, Vikram Doraiswami, highlighting the duty-free, quota-free market access available to Bangladesh products under SAFTA since 2011.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi today carried out a major expansion and reshuffle of his council of ministers, inducting 43 people, including 36 new faces, and sacking a dozen ministers including six senior ministers of cabinet rank.

Tajikistan has taken in more than 1,000 civilian refugees fleeing the violence in Afghanistan's Badakhshan province across the border, the government of Tajikistan's Gorno-Badakhshan province said on Wednesday.

Surging COVID-19 cases in Tokyo have hit a two-month high that almost guarantees the Japanese government will declare a new state of emergency to start next week and continue for the duration of the Tokyo Olympics.

Regional officials in northern Afghanistan said on Wednesday they had recaptured government buildings in a provincial capital after Taliban fighters stormed it overnight, taking over the police headquarters and sparking panic among residents.

Legendary Indian actor Dilip Kumar passed away earlier today (July 7) in Mumbai's Hinduja Hospital. He was 98.

Several Union Ministers, including Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan, resigned from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s cabinet today.

India’s senior cabinet minister Nitin Gadkari said he wants to be the brand ambassador of a paint made from cow dung.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi today wished the Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama on his 86th birthday over phone.

Asha Devi doesn't remember how many meals she has skipped as she struggles to feed her family of seven in a remote corner of northern India where the novel coronavirus is compounding old problems of rural debt and poverty.

Japan's deputy prime minister said the country needed to defend Taiwan with the United States if the island was invaded, Kyodo news agency reported late Monday, a comment likely to upset Beijing which regards Taiwan as a breakaway province.

Debris believed to be from a missing An-26 plane has been found in Russia's far east, where it appears to have crashed into a rock, Interfax and TASS news agencies reported on Tuesday citing unnamed sources.

The clandestine clinic was under fire, and the medics inside were in tears.

Philippine authorities ordered on Monday an investigation into the crash of an Air Force plane that overshot a runway killing 47 soldiers on board, three civilians on the ground and injuring dozens.