Indian government officials have said the surrender of a senior Maoist guerrilla commander heralds the “final phase” to end the decades-long Maoist insurgency.

Overnight air strikes by Pakistan on Afghanistan yesterday left at least 18 people dead including children, Taliban sources said, although Islamabad put the death toll at “more than 80 militants”. 

India and Brazil agreed to boost cooperation on critical minerals and rare earths yesterday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said after talks in New Delhi with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

Yoon abruptly declared martial law in a televised address in December 2024, saying drastic measures were needed to root out "anti-state forces"

UN chief Antonio Guterres warned technology leaders Thursday of the risks of artificial intelligence, saying its future cannot be left to "the whims of a few billionaires"

Mining, plantations, and fires have caused the clearance of large tracts of lush Indonesian rainforest, removing trees that absorbed rain and helped stabilise soil

An explosion at a fireworks shop in central China killed 12 people yesterday, the second day of the Lunar New Year holiday, according to state broadcaster CCTV.

Oli hopes to regain control of parliament in the March 5 elections

India routed bitter rivals Pakistan by 61 runs yesterday to qualify for the Super Eights of the T20 World Cup in a clash that had been in doubt until a few days ago.

Opposition continues protest, wants family doctor on board

Beijing will take “all necessary measures” against foreign espionage activities, the foreign ministry said yesterday, after the US spy agency issued a recruitment video targeting Chinese military personnel.

Japanese authorities have seized a Chinese fishing boat and arrested its captain for allegedly fleeing inspection in its exclusive economic zone, an incident that could further inflame tensions between Asia’s top two economies.

President Donald Trump on Thursday revoked a landmark scientific finding underpinning US regulations to curb planet-warming pollution, marking his biggest rollback of climate policy to date.

Thai caretaker Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul’s conservative party, which won a stunning election victory at the weekend, agreed to form a coalition with jailed ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra’s party, both announced yesterday.

Nearly 150,000 Afghans have returned from Pakistan and Iran this year, with the speed and size of the migration pushing Afghanistan deeper into crisis, the UN refugee agency said yesterday.

Central retinal vein blockage left Pakistan's ex-PM with watery eyes and deep distress, court filing reveals

Colombia declared a state of emergency on Wednesday after floods killed 18 people and left thousands of families displaced in the country’s northern cattle belt.

A teenage shooter accused of killing the principal of a school in Thailand using a police officer’s weapon was in custody yesterday, authorities said, after an attack that also injured two students.

India’s Defence Acquisition Council yesterday cleared an initial proposal to buy 114 Rafale fighter jets from France’s Dassault Aviation for 3.25 trillion rupees ($280.4 billion), local media reported.

Militants killed five police officers in northwest Pakistan on Wednesday, police said, as the South Asian nation grapples with a rising wave of violence.