Afghanistan’s supreme leader and Taliban chief on Saturday ordered the country’s women to wear the all-covering burqa in public — one of the harshest controls imposed on women’s lives since the Taliban seized power.

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa declared a state of emergency on Friday following a day of anti-government strikes and protests over the country's deep economic crisis that saw police use tear gas on two occasions.

The Asian Games scheduled to take place in the Chinese city of Hangzhou in September have been postponed until 2023 because of the Covid-19 situation, the governing Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) said on Friday.

Police fired tear gas and water cannon at students trying to storm Sri Lanka’s parliament yesterday as the country was brought to a halt by a trade union strike demanding the government step down.

India’s main opposition Congress party yesterday demanded a hefty rise in compensation for the families of those who died of Covid-19, after the World Health Organization estimated the country’s toll was nearly 10 times the reported figure.

India is planning to reopen more than 100 coal mines previously considered financially unsustainable, a government official said yesterday, as a power crisis forces the world’s third-biggest greenhouse gas emitter to double down on the dirty fuel.

The Allahabad High Court in India today (May 6, 2022) ruled that delivering azaan on loudspeakers is not a fundamental right, ANI reported.

Sri Lanka will have to endure its unprecedented economic hardships for at least two more years, the country’s finance minister said Wednesday while warning of an imminent cash crunch.

Pakistan’s Information Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb announced yesterday that the government had decided to form an “independent” inquiry

India yesterday published a new list of redrawn political constituencies for the former state of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), giving greater representation to the Muslim-majority region’s Hindu areas and paving the way for fresh elections.

Heavy rain and flooding has killed 22 people, destroyed hundreds of homes and damaged crops in Afghanistan, which is already facing a

A major North Korean propaganda website yesterday denounced South Korea’s incoming president Yoon Suk-yeol, who has vowed to take a tougher line on weapons tests by Pyongyang, describing him as “pro-United States”, and “confrontational”.

Indian Home Minister Amit Shah today reiterated that the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, which gives Indian citizenship to “persecuted” religious minorities from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan, saying the law would be implemented once the Covid-19 pandemic ends.

Alibaba shares fell as much as 9% on Tuesday after a state media report that Chinese authorities had taken action against an individual surnamed Ma, but recouped losses after the report was revised to make clear it was not the company's founder.

Indian Home Minister Amit Shah, who is on a two-day visit to West Bengal, today flagged off six floating border outposts at Hingalganj in North 24 Parganas district bordering Bangladesh, saying the measure would help curb smuggling and infiltration.

Noting that every country is facing challenges of its own in varied degrees, Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen today said mutual collaboration is much more essential than ever before in this trying time.

PTI Chairman and former prime minister Imran Khan on Wednesday claimed that his opponents have hired companies which are "preparing material" for his character assassination.

Sri Lanka will have to endure its unprecedented economic hardships for at least two more years, the country’s finance minister said Wednesday while warning of an imminent cash crunch.

The Supreme Court in military-ruled Myanmar on Wednesday struck down an appeal from deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi against a five-year jail sentence she was handed last week on corruption charges.

Law enforcers in Malaysia have arrested seven Bangladeshi workers in connection with the killing of their compatriot in Sitiawan, Perak.