11 killed as luxury bus catches fire in Maharashtra

At least 11 people were killed and 38 injured when a luxury bus travelling to Mumbai in western Indian state of Maharashtra caught fire after hitting a trailer truck today, officials said.
8 October 2022

2 Palestinian teens killed by Israeli forces

Israeli forces shot dead two Palestinian teens in separate incidents in the occupied West Bank on Friday, the Palestinian Health Ministry said.
7 October 2022

J&K receives most tourists in 75 years

India’s Jammu and Kashmir has received 16.2 million tourists this year, the most since British colonial rule ended in 1947, which Prime Minister Narendra
7 October 2022

Indian Himalayas avalanche: Death toll hits 26

At least 26 people have been confirmed dead after an avalanche struck climbers in the Indian Himalayas, officials said yesterday, with bad weather hampering
7 October 2022

More than 1m displaced since coup: UN

More than one million people have been displaced in Myanmar since the military coup last year, the United Nations children’s agency has said.
7 October 2022

Sri Lanka top court allows proceedings against former President Rajapaksa, others

Sri Lanka's top court has granted permission for proceedings against former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, the rights group which filed the case against him said in a statement on Friday.
7 October 2022

Thai nursery massacre: Ex-cop kills 38 in a knife and gun rampage

A former policeman killed 38 people, including 22 children, in a knife and gun rampage at a nursery in Thailand yesterday, later shooting dead his wife and child at their home before turning his weapon on himself, police said.
6 October 2022

North Korea fires ballistic missiles

North Korea yesterday fired two ballistic missiles and flew warplanes, while claiming its recent blitz of sanctions-busting tests were necessary
6 October 2022

Sonia Gandhi joins Rahul-led Congress march

India’s Opposition Congress President Sonia Gandhi yesterday joined the “Bharat Jodo  Yatra” (Unite India Street March) by her son Rahul in
6 October 2022

Death toll in Thailand mass shooting now 37

A former policeman killed 34 people on Thursday in a mass shooting at a children's day-care centre in Thailand, with media reporting the gunman later shot and killed himself.
6 October 2022

Myanmar court sentences Japanese journalist to 10 years in jail

A court in military-ruled Myanmar has sentenced a Japanese journalist to prison after he filmed an anti-government protest in July, a Japanese diplomat and the Southeast Asian nation’s government said Thursday.
6 October 2022

WHO alerts on 4 Indian cough syrups after 66 children die in Gambia

The World Health Organization yesterday (October 5, 2022) issued an alert over four cough and cold syrups made by Maiden Pharmaceuticals of India, warning they could be linked to acute kidney injuries and deaths of 66 children in Gambia, Africa.
6 October 2022

4 killed as blast hits Kabul mosque inside interior ministry vicinity

An explosion hit a mosque in Afghanistan's capital near the heavily fortified interior ministry compound on Wednesday, killing four people and wounding 25, a ministry spokesman said.
5 October 2022

Blast hits Kabul mosque, 4 killed

A blast hit a mosque in Afghanistan’s capital in the vicinity of the heavily fortified interior ministry compound yesterday, officials said,killing at
5 October 2022

Asean Summit: Myanmar junta leader not invited

Myanmar’s junta leader has not been invited to a regional summit next month, host Cambodia said yesterday, in a fresh diplomatic snub for the
5 October 2022

31 dead after wedding bus falls into Indian gorge

At least 31 people were killed after a bus carrying wedding guests veered off the road and fell into a deep gorge in northern India, police said yesterday.
5 October 2022

Amit Shah rules out talks with Pakistan

Indian Home Minister Amit Shah yesterday ruled out talks with Pakistan and said the Modi government will wipe out terrorism from Jammu and Kashmir to make it the “most peaceful place in the country” and assured the holding of fresh assembly polls in the area with “full transparency”.
5 October 2022

South Korea, US fire missiles into the Yellow Sea

South Korea and the US military conducted rare missile drills and an American supercarrier repositioned east of North Korea after Pyongyang flew a missile over Japan, one of the allies’ sharpest responses since 2017 to a North Korean weapon test.
5 October 2022

“Rescue my pet jaguar, panther from Ukraine”

An Indian-origin doctor, who was in Ukraine when the conflict with Russia broke out in February, has approached the Indian government -- in an unusual plea -- to help rescue his pet jaguar and panther he left behind when he was forced out of the war zone.
5 October 2022

25 dead after bus carrying wedding party falls into gorge in India’s Uttarakhand

Twenty-five people were killed as a bus carrying a wedding party of nearly 50 persons fell into a gorge in north Indian state Uttarakhand's Pauri Garhwal district yesterday (October 4, 2022), the Indian media reported today (October 5, 2022).
5 October 2022