China's foreign ministry today said foreigners with valid residence permits can enter the country without needing to re-apply for visas from September 28.

Rescue workers battled rain and cramped conditions to scour through rubble and look for possible survivors as the toll from an apartment building collapse on the outskirts of Mumbai rose to 35, a senior government official said today.

India and China have agreed to stop sending more troops to the frontline in Ladakh and refrain from unilaterally changing the situation on the ground.

India cannot meet China half way in the disengagement process as the country has to maintain troops for the protection of territory, an official source said, as the sixth round of Corps Commander-level talks began yesterday, aimed at ending the five-month-long standoff along the disputed boundary in Ladakh.

Bahrain’s move to establish ties with Israel was not directed against any entity or power but aimed to bring about a comprehensive peace in the Middle East, King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa has said.

Lebanon’s army has said it found 1.3 tonnes of fireworks during a search of Beirut port, which was devastated last month in a huge blast that was blamed on a large quantity of chemicals kept in poor condition.

Thousands of protesters in Thailand’s capital have demonstrated against the government of former coup leader and Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, with many also demanding reforms to the powerful monarchy.

A Kuwait court has rejected Laxmipur-2 lawmaker Shahid Islam Papul’s plea for release and decided to postpone the trial of the accused in the case until October 1 after the hearing of a case accusing him of human trafficking, money laundering, bribing and threatening the state security.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi wished Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his birthday yesterday. “Wishing PM Narendra Modi ji a happy birthday,” tweeted the Congress MP as PM Modi turned 70.

Two Palestinian travel bloggers are promoting local Palestinian tourism in the West Bank as an act of defiance against Israeli occupation.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has extended her heartiest congratulations to the new Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga.

Militants in Gaza launched rockets into Israel and Israeli aircraft hit targets in the Palestinian enclave in an explosive backdrop to the signing of pacts for formal ties between Israel and two Gulf Arab countries.

Regional rights body Fortify Rights has called for Malaysia to immediately release the final report of the Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) into the human trafficking and mass graves of Rohingya and Bangladeshis discovered in Wang Kelian, Perlis in 2015.

Foreign students can return to Malaysia to resume their studies provided that they apply beforehand and their universities are open.

Japan's Yoshihide Suga is voted prime minister by parliament's lower house, becoming the country's first new leader in nearly eight years, as he readies a "continuity cabinet" expected to keep about half of predecessor Shinzo Abe's lineup.

Israel’s rapprochement with Gulf Arab states has left the Palestinians feeling abandoned by traditional allies and clutching an old playbook in a rapidly changing Middle East, analysts and critics say.

The United Arab Emirates and Bahrain have signed agreements for normalising relations with Israel, becoming the latest Arab states to break a longstanding taboo in a strategic realignment of Middle Eastern countries against Iran.

Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan will be the first Indian celebrity to lend his voice to Amazon’s Alexa digital assistant starting next year, as the Silicon Valley giant expands its presence in the massive market.

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Monday he would like convicted rapists to be publicly executed or chemically castrated, reacting to a question on the rape of a woman on a highway last week that has caused uproar in the South Asian nation.

The World Trade Organization ruled on Tuesday that additional tariffs imposed by the United States against China in 2018 were inconsistent with global trading rules.