Three suspected militants were killed in Jammu and Kashmir yesterday near the unofficial border between India and Pakistan, Indian police said, in the fourth such incident along the frontier in five days.

A crippling drought exacerbated by a record heatwave has spread across half of China and reached the normally frigid Tibetan Plateau, according to official data released ahead of more searing temperatures yesterday.

Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan yesterday accused the government of trying to score a “technical knockout” against him, after being granted bail on charges brought under the country’s anti-terrorism act.

Malaysia’s jailed former prime minister Najib Razak returned to court yesterday to face more charges linked to a multi-billion-dollar financial scandal at state fund 1MDB, two days after he began serving a 12-year prison term.

Taiwan yesterday announced plans for a record increase to its defence budget after huge military drills by China earlier this month sent tensions between the two to their highest in decades.

Historic monsoon rains and flooding in Pakistan have affected more than 30 million people over the last few weeks, the country's climate change minister said on Thursday, calling the situation a "climate-induced humanitarian disaster of epic proportions."

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan today (August 25, 2022) said the military regime in Myanmar is patronising yaba traders in the country to smuggle the drug into Bangladesh.

In its first reaction to the stabbing of Salman Rushdie, India today (August 25, 2022) condemned the "horrific attack" on the celebrated novelist and wished him a speedy recovery.

India today decided to impose restrictions on the export of wheat flour to curb rising prices of the commodity in domestic market.

An Islamabad anti-terrorism court on Thursday granted PTI chief Imran Khan interim bail in a case registered against him for his controversial remarks about a female judge during a rally in the capital last week.

Japan’s national police chief said Thursday he will resign to take responsibility over the fatal shooting of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at a campaign speech last month.

China’s autumn harvest is under “severe threat” from high temperatures and drought, authorities have warned, promising fresh steps to protect

Pakistan has urged the international community to help with relief efforts as it struggles to cope with the aftermath of torrential rains that triggered massive floods last month, killing more than 800 people, officials said.

An Indian billionaire close to Prime Minister Narendra Modi is trying to buy a broadcaster seen as the last major critical voice on television, stoking fears about media freedom in the world’s largest democracy.

Thailand’s Constitutional Court yesterday suspended Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha from office after accepting a petition from an opposition party seeking his ousting on the grounds that he has held office for his full, legally mandated term.

Record monsoon rains are causing a "catastrophe of epic scale", Pakistan's climate change minister said on Wednesday (Aug 24), announcing an international appeal for help in dealing with floods that have killed more than 800 people since June.

Thailand's Constitutional Court on Wednesday suspended Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha from office while it considers a legal challenge that could see him thrown out months before an expected general election.

Islamabad police has registered a case against Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan and other top leaders of the PTI for violations of Section 144 (ban on public gatherings exceeding four persons) in the capital on August 20 — the day the party held a rally to protest against incarcerated member Shahbaz Gill's arrest.

Indonesia's disaster agency is assessing the impact of a strong earthquake that hit off the southern coast of Sumatra island late on Tuesday, it said in a statement, noting there had been no reports of damage or casualties by near midnight.

Indian billionaire Gautam Adani’s conglomerate yesterday said it seeks to control a majority stake in the popular New Delhi Television (NDTV.NS) (NDTV), a move the TV news group said was executed without its consent.