The death toll of a suicide bombing on a Kabul classroom has risen to 35, the UN said yesterday, as Shia Hazara women who bore the brunt of the attack staged a defiant protest against the “genocide” of their minority community.

The death toll from a suicide bomb attack on a classroom in Kabul has risen to at least 35, the United Nations mission in Afghanistan told AFP on Saturday.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi today got a taste of the 5G telecom service, capable of providing ultra-high-speedinternet, by test driving a car in Sweden from New Delhi using the latest service.

India today ushered in 5G telecom era as Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the much-awaited services at a telecom ministry event in New Delhi.

North Korea fired two ballistic missiles early Saturday, South Korea's military said, the nuclear-armed country's fourth such launch this week as Seoul, Tokyo and Washington ramp up joint military drills to counter Pyongyang.

India abstained from voting on a UN Security Council resolution that would have declared Russia’s annexation of four Ukrainian territories as invalid.

Thailand’s Constitutional Court yesterday ruled Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha had not exceeded the maximum eight years allowed in office, clearing the way for the former coup leader’s return from a five-week suspension.

A passenger on board a Myanmar domestic flight was shot in the face yesterday when rebels opened fire on the plane as it landed, the country’s military junta said.

The stage was set yesterday for a three-way race for the post of President of India’s main opposition party Congress with senior leaders Mallikarjun Kharge, Shashi Tharoor and KN Tripathi filing their nominations for the October 17 elections to decide who will replace Sonia Gandhi.

Shashi Tharoor today filed his nomination papers for the post of president of India's Congress party which appears set for a person from outside the Nehru-Gandhi clan after a long hiatus.

A suicide attack at an education institute in the Afghan capital Kabul killed at least 19 people and wounded dozens, police said on Friday, but there was no immediate claim of responsibility for the blast.

India’s top court yesterday upheld the right of a woman to an abortion up to 24 weeks into pregnancy regardless of marital status, a decision widely hailed by women’s rights activists.

Fish fossils dating back 440 million years are helping to “fill some of the key gaps” on how humans evolved from fish, researchers said on Wednesday.

Myanmar’s junta sentenced an Australian economist to three years in prison yesterday while also handing down another conviction to ousted

In an important ruling, India’s Supreme Court today said both married and unmarried women are entitled to seek legal abortion of pregnancy up to 24 weeks and there should be no distinction between the two categories on this issue.

The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) today reported new findings of 26 ancient Buddhist temples, caves and other relics in Madhya Pradesh which date back from second to 11th centuries.

A court in military-ruled Myanmar convicted former leader Aung San Suu Kyi in another criminal case Thursday and sentenced Australian economist Sean Turnell to three years in prison for violating Myanmar’s official secrets act, a legal official said.

A retired army officer with expertise in counter-insurgency operations in Jammu and Kashmir and the north east was today (September 28, 2022) appointed as India’s new Chief of Defence Staff, the country's top military officer.

India today banned Popular Front of India (PFI), declaring the Islamic outfit and all its associates, affiliates, and fronts as illegal for five years under stringent anti-terror law Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA).

UN investigators said yesterday that the Myanmar junta commanders who ordered an attack this month on a school that left a dozen children dead could be liable for war crimes.