Gyms and public baths are now also off limits to Afghan women, the Taliban confirmed yesterday, days after banning them from parks and funfairs.

The United States, Japan and South Korea on Sunday vowed a “strong and resolute response” if Pyongyang carried out a nuclear test.

UN chief Antonio Guterres yesterday urged the Myanmar junta to immediately return to democracy, saying it was the only way to stop the “unending nightmare” engulfing the country.

The last co-conspirators jailed for the 1991 assassination of former Indian prime minister Rajiv Gandhi walked out of prison yesterday, a day after the country’s Supreme Court ordered their release.

Voters queued up today to cast their votes in the legislative assembly elections in the north Indian state of Himachal Pradesh as ruling Bharatiya Janata Party seeks to snap the state's four-decade streak of not reelecting an incumbent government.

India’s top court yesterday ordered the release of six people convicted over the assassination of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi.

China yesterday condemned a White House plan to brief Taiwan on the results of a much-anticipated meeting between President Joe Biden and his counterpart, Xi Jinping, next week on the sidelines of a G20 gathering in Indonesia.

India's billionaire Hinduja family has agreed a worldwide truce in a long feud after a legal battle over the future of its global business empire, a London court ruling published on Friday showed.

India's top court Friday ordered the release of six people convicted over the assassination of former PM Rajiv Gandhi.

Southeast Asian leaders agreed Friday to engage Myanmar opposition groups as they seek ways to quell the country's escalating bloodshed which has seen thousands killed in clashes since last year's coup.

Pakistan's former prime minister, Imran Khan, told DW in an exclusive interview that the government in Islamabad was trying to kill him because he threatens its grip on power.

A Hong Konger who waved a colonial-era flag while watching a public broadcast of the Tokyo Olympics became the first person to be jailed for insulting China’s national anthem, local media reported yesterday.

Pakistani former prime minister Imran Khan told supporters via video-link yesterday that they should keep up an anti-government march, a week after he suffered wounds in a gun attack, and he dismissed a police report that a lone shooter tried to kill him.

The Taliban have banned Afghan women from entering the capital’s public parks and funfairs, just months after ordering access to be

Australia will provide $135 million in 2022-23 for the Rohingyas and other communities in Myanmar and Bangladesh to assist with the delivery of life-saving food, water and shelter as a part of the Albanese government's commitment to supporting the humanitarian response.

Seven people have been killed in fighting between the Philippine military and Muslim rebels in the country's south, authorities said Thursday, in one of the deadliest clashes since a landmark peace pact was signed in 2014.

Good news for the tourists, who want to enjoy the magical view of iconic Taj Mahal on a moonlit night. India’s Supreme Court has modified its 18-year-old order and directed the authorities concerned to launch an online ticketing service instead of collection of tickets in person 24 hours ahead.

Afghan women were stopped from entering amusement parks in Kabul on Wednesday after the Taliban's morality ministry said there would be restrictions on women being able to access public parks.

India has allowed settlement of its international trade in Indian Rupees (INR) covering invoicing, payment and settlement of exports and imports, the country's Commerce Ministry said today (November 9, 2022).

Fugitive Indian diamond tycoon Nirav Modi faces extradition to India to face charges of fraud and money laundering after a London court dismissed his appeal on Wednesday.