Lebanon has asked Interpol to issue arrest warrants for the Russian captain and owner of the ship that brought the explosive material that detonated at Beirut port in August, killing nearly 200 people, according to state media reports.

Lebanon and Israel have agreed to a framework for US-mediated talks aimed at ending a long-running dispute over a border that has been the frontline of several conflicts.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has appreciated China as one of the most valued partners of Bangladesh for its socio-economic development and the continued Chinese support to Bangladesh during the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.

An Indian court yesterday acquitted top ruling party leaders of conspiracy related to the mob demolition of a flashpoint mosque 28 years ago that sparked communal riots which left more than 2,000 dead. Here is a timeline relating to the mosque dispute:

India’s Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu tested positive for coronavirus today, but is asymptomatic and in good health, his office said.

Sri Lanka has shipped back to Britain container-loads of waste that the government said was brought into the island in violation of international laws governing the shipping of hazardous material.

Two 10-month-old twins were among at least 11 people killed in landslides across an Indonesian city early on Monday, a search and rescue officer said.

Sixteen workers died and one is in a critical condition after being trapped underground in a coal mine in south-west China on Sunday (Sept 27), reported state broadcaster CCTV.

Thirty-two Bangladeshi expatriate workers have not been allowed by the immigration authority to go to Saudi Arabia as they got tested for Covid-19 at private hospitals instead of the government approved test centre at Dhaka’s Mohakhali.

Lebanon's premier-designate stepped down Saturday, saying he had been unable to form a reform-minded government to lift the country out of its worst economic crisis in decades.

India announced local elections involving millions of voters in a densely packed state even as it reported 86,052 new infections of coronavirus on Friday and remained set to overtake the United States by next month as the world’s worst-affected nation.

Chinese authorities have demolished thousands of mosques in Xinjiang, an Australian think tank said yesterday, in the latest report of widespread human rights abuses in the restive region.

Celebrated singer S P Balasubrahmanyam died in a Chennai hospital after almost two months of treatment. He was 74. Balasubrahmanyam had been in hospital with Covid-19 complications since August 5.

China has expressed interest in the Teesta river management project, Zaheed Farooque, state minister for water resources, said today.

China is running hundreds of detention centres in northwest Xinjiang across a network that is much bigger than previously thought, according to research presented Thursday by an Australian think tank.

Foreign ministers of Saarc countries today held their annual informal meeting virtually, where India reiterated its commitment to the regional group to help combat Covid-19.

Nongfu Spring founder Zhong Shanshan, a businessman who spun his wealth from bottled water and vaccines, has usurped tech tycoon Jack Ma as China’s richest man, the Bloomberg Billionaires Index shows.

China and India have agreed to stop sending more troops to a Himalayan flashpoint along their contested border and to avoid any actions that might complicate the tense situation there, the two countries said on Tuesday.

Beijing yesterday hit back at a US move to ban imports from China’s northwestern Xinjiang region over claims of forced labour, bemoaning a “fabricated lie” it says is intended to hurt Chinese business.

Malaysian opposition chief Anwar Ibrahim yesterday said he had “formidable” support from MPs to form a new government, but the prime minister insisted he remained the country’s legitimate leader.