India’s opposition leader Rahul Gandhi yesterday said he did not view this year’s two-month general elections as a free exercise, but rather as one structured to deliver an advantage to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, without citing evidence.

A Vietnam court Tuesday sentenced a journalist who wrote about issues including corruption, land rights and the environment to seven years in jail, his sister said, the latest government critic to be put behind bars.

An indefinite curfew was imposed today in the two districts of Imphal following a violent clash between university students and security personnel, marking a further escalation of ethnic strife in the northeastern state of Manipur

'We love and respect Bangladesh and its language, but Bengal will not become Bangladesh'

Junior doctors in West Bengal have decided to continue their “cease work” protest, despite the Supreme Court's directive to return to duty by 5:00pm today

India today said an “isolated” suspected case of Monkeypox virus has been confirmed in the country but made it clear that it has been verified as a travel-related infection and “not a part of the global public health emergency sounded by the World Health Organization (WHO) regarding the outbreak

Chinese consumer inflation ticked up slightly in August to a six-month high, official data showed Monday, but the reading missed expectations and did little to soothe worries about sluggish spending in the world's number two economy

India yesterday reported that it had put a “suspected mpox case” into isolation, assuring that the world’s most populous nation had “robust measures” in place, the health ministry said in a statement.

India reported Sunday that it had put a "suspected mpox case" into isolation, assuring that the world's most populous nation had "robust measures" in place, the health ministry said in a statement

Some social media posts have already suggested that this year's Durga Puja should be observed with restraint, foregoing the usual grandeur.

Six people, including one civilian, were killed as fresh violence broke out between two warring ethnic communities in the northeast Indian state of Manipur yesterday, authorities said.

Chinese Vice Commerce Minister Wang Shouwen told his US counterpart on Saturday that a modern China was an economic “opportunity” not a “threat” to the United States, the ministry said.

Super Typhoon Yagi uprooted thousands of trees, swept ships and boats out to sea and ripped roofs off houses in northern Vietnam yesterday, killing at least three people, after leaving a trail of destruction in Southern China and the Philippines.

One person was shot dead in his sleep, while four armed individuals were killed in a subsequent gun battle.

A section of employees of the West Bengal government yesterday joined the protests against the rape and murder of a woman doctor in R G Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata last month..The members of the pro-Left Coordination Committee of state government employees marched in a rall

The junta is battling widespread armed opposition to its 2021 coup and its soldiers are accused of bloody rampages and using air and artillery strikes to punish civilian communities.

Says Malaysia's communications minister at the Asia News Network (ANN) 25th anniversary celebrations in Kuala Lumpur

The conglomerate also said it assured Bangladesh of uninterrupted power supply, according to Indian news outlet

Datin Paduka Esther Ng, chief content officer of Malaysia's Star Media Group, has been elected the next chairman of the Asia News Network (ANN)

The operator of Japan's stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant said Thursday it aims to carry out a trial removal of highly radioactive debris next week, after a previous attempt was suspended