The Taliban praised suicide bombers who died during the war against the former government and its Western allies and offered their families sums of cash and promises of land, the movement's interior ministry said in a statement.

The death count in landslides and floods set off by incessant heavy rains in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand mounted to 47 last night.

The mainstream Indian print media today editorially commented on the attacks on Hindus in Bangladesh, opining they reflect a “conspiracy to instigate the violence.”

The Pakistan Navy detected and blocked an Indian submarine from entering Pakistani waters on October 16, the military's media wing revealed on Tuesday.

India has delayed committing supplies of vaccine to the Covax global sharing platform, two sources told Reuters yesterday, a day after one of its key backers, the WHO, said the agency could not “cut corners” to approve a domestically developed vaccine.

Singapore yesterday began quarantine-free entry for fully vaccinated passengers from eight countries, part of a plan to ease restrictions as the business hub gears up to live with the coronavirus.

Myanmar’s military government has freed hundreds of political prisoners from the notorious Insein prison, including Aung San Suu Kyi’s party spokesman and a famous comedian Zarganar, local media reported.

North Korea fired a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) off its east coast yesterday, South Korea’s military said, pulling

One of the most senior figures in Afghanistan’s Taliban government has hailed the sacrifices of suicide bombers at a meeting with families of the “martyrs” in Kabul.

A statue of Hindu god Lord Shiva is pictured amid the risen water levels of River Ganga after incessant rains in Rishikesh in India’s

Chief Minister of India’s Tripura state, Biplab Kumar Deb, today expressed concern over attacks on Hindus in Bangladesh and said he felt these are part of a “conspiracy” to damage India-Bangladesh relations.

At least 16 people were killed as heavy rains pounded the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand since Sunday, triggering flash floods and landslides that buried houses and washed away bridges in several parts.

Congress leader Milind Deora has called for amendment to India’s Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) to “protect Bangladeshi Hindus”.

North Korea fired at least one ballistic missile off its east coast on Tuesday, pulling Japan's new prime minister off the campaign trail and overshadowing the opening of a major arms fair in Seoul.

The ferocity of the fighting between security forces and the group of terrorists holed up in the jungles of Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district for at least eight days suggests the infiltrators were trained by Pakistani commandos, sources in the army and police have said.

Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai, who was shot by the Pakistani Taliban as a schoolgirl, has urged Afghanistan’s new rulers to let girls return to school.

Afghanistan will kick off its first countrywide polio immunisation campaign in years next month to protect millions of unvaccinated children, the UN said yesterday.

Myanmar’s shadow government, formed by opponents of ruling military, yesterday welcomed the exclusion of junta leader Min Aung Hlaing from an upcoming regional summit, but said it should be the legitimate representative.

Myanmar’s junta chief on Monday (Oct 18) announced the release of more than 5,000 people jailed for protesting against a February coup, days after a regional bloc delivered a major snub to the military regime.

China's parliament will consider legislation to punish parents if their young children exhibit "very bad behaviour" or commit crimes.