Taliban fighters overran an army base in northern Afghanistan, officials said yesterday, killing at least 17 soldiers with dozens feared captured in a stinging blow to security forces already struggling to push insurgents from eastern Ghazni.

A family in the flood-ravaged Indian state of Kerala narrowly escaped death after their pet dog woke them up moments before a landslide destroyed their home, local media reported yesterday.

Pakistani military officers will receive training in Russian Federation military institutes under a recent agreement signed between the two

Indian leader Narendra Modi yesterday called for greater democracy and the restoration of an independent judiciary in the Maldives ahead of a presidential election in September.

The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has been allotted 28 reserved seats for women and five for non-Muslims by the election commission, taking the party's tally to 158 in the National Assembly — just 14 short of the number required for simple majority.

Pakistan's World Cup cricket hero Imran Khan will be sworn in as prime minister next week, his party said yesterday, announcing it has the numbers to form a coalition government in the nuclear-armed nation.

Head of the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) Filippo Grandi urges the government representatives and the business leaders from the Asia-Pacific region to offer more support and protection for over 700,000 Rohingyas who have fled violence and discrimination in Myanmar's Rakhine State over the past year.

Dozens of bodies of Afghan soldiers have been found in a military base stormed last week by Taliban militants in the embattled southern province of Uruzgan, officials said yesterday.

Pakistani prime minister-in-waiting Imran Khan called for more "trustworthy" ties with the United States which have frayed amid US accusations that Pakistan is aiding Islamist insurgents waging war in Afghanistan, something Islamabad denies.

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has notified the final results of the general election but withheld results of nine national and 17 provincial assembly seats for various reasons, stirring a new controversy before the formation of the next government.

Begging in India’s capital is not a crime, the Delhi High Court rules saying the provisions of penalising the act of begging were unconstitutional.

At least 15 Maoists were killed yesterday in an encounter with Indian security forces in a forest in the central state of Chhattisgarh in one of the biggest operations against the Red ultras in the state's history, police said.

The Maldivian opposition said yesterday that government warnings of a murky plot to destabilise the honeymoon islands were a "cowardly" attempt by the ruling party to delay next month's presidential elections.

Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf's parliamentary committee yesterday officially named party chairman Imran Khan as their parliamentary leader and nominee for the next prime minister of Pakistan.

Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan is likely to take the oath as the 21st elected prime minister of the country on Pakistan's independence day.

Indian security forces yesterday killed five militants in the disputed region of Kashmir, the biggest single-day casualty since Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government took direct control of the state, leading to protests.

Chief Justice of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) Mohammad Anwar Khan Kasi has rejected allegations of interference by the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) in judicial proceedings, especially in the constitution of benches.

Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chairman and prime minister-designate Imran Khan has decided against inviting foreign dignitaries and celebrities to his planned oath-taking ceremony, instead opting for a simple event, Dawn NewsTV reported yesterday.

The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf has entered the `final phase' of forming its government in Punjab with assertions that the party has already got the support of required number of MPAs-elect. However, there is no discussion on the selection of a candidate for Punjab chief minister for now.

Afghanistan yesterday announced April 20 next year as the date for its presidential election, amid concerns that growing insurgent violence could threaten the poll. The vote will take place six months after parliamentary elections, which have been scheduled for October 20 after repeated delays.