As many as 36 foreigners have been killed and nine reported missing following Easter Sunday attacks in different parts of Sri Lanka.

Gunmen attack the communications ministry in the centre of Kabul, interrupting months of relative calm in the Afghan capital and underlining security threats that have continued despite efforts to open peace talks with the Taliban.

Working condition for journalists in Bangladesh was worrying as reporters covering protests and the election were the targets of unprecedented violence, Reporters Without Borders says in its latest report.

At least 14 people sustain injuries when 12 coaches of the Howrah-New Delhi Poorva Express derail near Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh of India in the early hours of Saturday.

An Indian man chopped off his index finger in desperation after voting for the wrong party in the country’s national election.

India has suspended trade across its disputed Kashmir border with Pakistan, alleging that weapons and drugs are being smuggled across the route, as tensions simmer between the nuclear-armed neighbours.

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan made a sweeping cabinet reshuffle on Thursday night after only seven months in power

Women running for India’s parliament are barely a blip in the world’s biggest democratic exercise, which began last week and will play out in seven rounds, with results expected on May 23.

The ruling party of India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced Wednesday it will field a candidate accused of involvement in a

Gunmen killed at least 14 people after forcing them to disembark from buses in Pakistan’s Balochistan, officials said yesterday, in the

Gunmen killed at least 14 people after forcing them to disembark from buses in Pakistan's restive Balochistan province, officials say.

Thunderstorms swept across western India killing at least 35 people and leaving widespread damage, officials said yesterday.

India’s election watchdog yesterday banned two outspoken politicians from campaigning in the country’s national vote for making provocative speeches which it said could stir communal unrest.

A co-pilot and two policemen are killed as a Summit Air plane skids off the runway during take-off and collides with two parked helicopters at Lukla airport.

Indian police yesterday said one man was killed and three injured in an attack by a mob while they were skinning a dead ox, in the latest

India is hopeful it will avoid US sanctions over its purchase of Russia’s S-400 missile system, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman told

Critics have accused India’s ruling party of promoting communal tensions after a top official promised to rid the country of all “infiltrators” in an apparent swipe at Muslims and other religious minorities.

Nepal has banned the hugely popular but brutal online game “PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds” over concerns about its impact on children, officials said yesterday.

The Dalai Lama left a New Delhi hospital yesterday after three days of treatment for a chest infection, but the 83-year-old will need several days of rest

Judges at the International Criminal Court yesterday turned down a request to open a war crimes probe in Afghani-stan, a week after Washington