Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi has expressed the government’s concern about the increasing number of Rohingya refugees arriving on Indonesia’s shores, calling on other countries in the region to share responsibility for addressing the core issues that led to the crisis. In the last two months, Indonesia received almost 400 boat people of Rohingya ethnicity.

Lebanon’s factional rivalries have put the brakes on moves to form a new government on the eve of a deadline agreed with France, stalling efforts to drag the nation out of a dire economic crisis.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said Bangladesh is keen to boost its relationship with Turkey as it is deeply rooted in shared history, faith and traditions based on trust and confidence.

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga, a loyal aide to outgoing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, wins a landslide victory in a ruling party leadership election on Monday, paving the way for him to replace Abe.

The 50th round of director general (DG) level talks (DGLT) between Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and Indian Border Security Force (BSF), which was scheduled for today is likely to be held later this month, officials said.

Taliban and Afghan government forces have clashed across Afghanistan hours after the start of long-awaited peace talks in Doha, underscoring the uphill challenge of settling a 19-year insurgency.

Palestinians fear the UAE’s move will weaken a long-standing pan-Arab call for Israeli withdrawal from occupied land and acceptance of Palestinian statehood in return for normal relations with Arab countries.

Pakistani police released a local journalist accused of defaming the military as a court reprimanded the police for overstepping their mandate, a lawyer for journalist Bilal Farooqi has said.

The USA has assured Bangladesh that it will continue its support to bringing about a peaceful resolution to the protracted Rohingya crisis.

China accused Washington of “political persecution and racial discrimination” yesterday, after the US confirmed it had revoked the visas of more than 1,000 Chinese students under an order by President Donald Trump that accused some of espionage.

Washington’s top diplomat yesterday urged Southeast Asia to cut ties with Chinese companies helping build islands in the South China Sea after China accused the US of becoming “the biggest driver of militarization” in the contested sea, as tensions between Washington and Beijing look set to swamp a regional Asian summit.

India’s defence minister yesterday hailed the formal commissioning of the country’s first new French Rafale jets as a “strong message” to its adversaries, amid an escalating border row with China.

Expatriates and professional visit pass-holders from the 23 countries, including Bangladesh, in the enforced entry ban list drawn up by Malaysia are now allowed to enter the country.

Amnesty International has accused a secretive Myanmar corporation with links to international businesses of financing Myanmar’s military, including many units directly responsible for human rights violations against the Rohingyas and other ethnic minorities.

India and Japan have inked a landmark agreement that will allow their militaries to access each other's bases for logistics support, a development that comes in the midst of India’s border standoff with China.

A large fire has erupted at Beirut port, sending a huge column of smoke above the city a little more than a month after a massive blast devastated the port and surrounding residential area of the Lebanese capital.

China yesterday announced an initiative to establish global standards on data security, saying it wanted to promote multilateralism in the area at a time when “individual countries” were “bullying” others and “hunting” companies.

Japan’s ruling party yesterday kicked off the race to pick Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s successor, with his powerful right-hand man Yoshihide Suga commanding an all-but-insurmountable lead.

At least 18 miners were killed and more than a dozen were still trapped yesterday after a rockslide at a marble mine in northwest Pakistan, officials said.

Two Australian journalists fled China Tuesday under diplomatic protection, fearing arrest as political pawns in the rapidly worsening relationship between Canberra and Beijing.