Some 200 Vietnamese citizens stranded in Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, and the Maldives during the coronavirus pandemic are repatriated to Vietnam.

A landslide at a jade mine in northern Myanmar kills at least 126 people, with more feared dead, authorities says, after a heap of mining waste collapsed into a lake and buried many workers under mud and water.

India recorded the highest single-day death count of 507 due to coronavirus, taking the total toll to 17,400, according to health ministry data.

US-based private equity firm Carlyle Group will acquire a 25 percent stake in Airtel's wholly-owned subsidiary data centre business, Nxtra Data based in New Delhi, for $235 million (Rs 1,780 crore), the company said today.

China's parliament passes national security legislation for Hong Kong, setting the stage for the most radical changes to the former British colony's way of life since it returned to Chinese rule almost exactly 23 years ago.

Four gunmen attacked the Pakistani Stock Exchange building in the city of Karachi on Monday but security forces killed them all, police say.

The Chinese government is taking draconian measures to slash birth rates among Uighurs and other minorities as part of a sweeping campaign to curb its Muslim population, even as it encourages some of the country’s Han majority to have more children.

India registered its highest spike in the number of coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours with 19,906 new patients, pushing the tally to 528,859, the health ministry said today.

Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan faced a growing backlash Thursday after he said former Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden had been "martyred".

Political tensions between the rival Koreas had been rising over Pyongyang's objections to plans by defector-led groups in the South to send propaganda leaflets into the North. Stalled negotiations regarding economic sanctions imposed because of the North's nuclear weapons programme had also fuelled tensions.

The Indian and Chinese army reached a consensus to "disengage" from all friction areas in eastern Ladakh at a marathon meeting of top military commanders from both sides on Monday, the Indian media reported today.

Amidst rising border tension with China, Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh today embarked on a three-day visit to Russia during which he will hold talks with top Russian military brass.

India’s Department of Telecom (DoT) may ask state-owned telecom service provider Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) to not use Chinese telecom gear to upgrade its 4G network, in a move which comes amidst India-China military standoff in eastern Ladakh.

Scores of domestic flights in and out of Beijing are canceled as officials ramp up attempts to contain a coronavirus outbreak in the Chinese capital over the past week that sparked fears of renewed wider contagion.

An Indian Army officer and two soldiers were killed during a “violent face-off” with the Chinese military in the Himalayan heights of eastern Ladakh's Galwan Valley last night, the Indian armed force said today.

Malaysian authorities detain 269 Rohingya refugees and find a body on board a suspected smuggling boat they say was intentionally damaged so it couldn’t be turned back to sea.

India expresses concern at a United Nations report that said a large number of foreign terrorist fighters, including up to 6,500 Pakistani nationals, are operating in Afghanistan and says this vindicates New Delhi’s long-held position that Pakistan remains the epicentre of international terrorism.

China's parliament approves a decision to go forward with national security legislation for Hong Kong that democracy activists in the city and Western countries fear could jeopardise its special autonomy and freedoms.

India’s relations with two of its northern neighbours China and Nepal have of late come under considerable strain over territorial disputes.

Hong Kong activists call for a protest march against Beijing's plans to impose national security legislation in the city, prompting alarm that the new laws could erode its freedoms through "force and fear".