Sri Lanka’s parliament yesterday voted to curtail the powers of the president, a partial concession to the protest movement that forced the island nation’s former head-of-state into exile.

Pakistan has been removed from an international grey list that warrants increased surveillance for terrorism financing, the head of the international money laundering watchdog which makes the list said yesterday.

At least two bombs exploded outside a prison in Myanmar's commercial hub Yangon on Wednesday, killing eight people and wounding 18.

Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida ordered a government probe into the Unification Church yesterday, after the assassination of former premier Shinzo Abe renewed scrutiny of the sect.

Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan won six of eight national assembly seats he stood for in a weekend by-election, unofficial results showed yesterday, a vote he has called a referendum on his popularity.

South Korea’s troops kicked off their annual Hoguk defence drills yesterday, designed to boost their ability to respond to North Korea’s nuclear and missile threats amid simmering tension over both sides’ military activities.

Pakistan’s foreign minister yesterday said he had summoned the US ambassador after President Joe Biden questioned the safety of Pakistan’s nuclear programme.

Myanmar’s junta court yesterday sentenced ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi to another six years in prison for corruption, a source with knowledge of the case said, taking the Nobel laureate’s total jail time to 26 years.

The Committee to Protect Journalists issued a statement of condemnation on Tuesday in response to a news report and social media post that Vietnam has punitively transferred journalist Pham Doan Trang to a prison facility far away from her family.

A court in military-ruled Myanmar on Wednesday sentenced deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi to three years in prison on charges of accepting a bribe, a source with knowledge of the matter said.

Malaysia’s prime minister yesterday dissolved parliament to clear the way for snap elections in a bid to restore political stability as the country emerges from the ravages of Covid-19 and a multi-billion dollar corruption scandal.

North Korea yesterday defended its recent flurry of missile tests as a legitimate counter to US military threats.

More than one million people have been displaced in Myanmar since the military coup last year, the United Nations children’s agency has said.

A court in military-ruled Myanmar has sentenced a Japanese journalist to prison after he filmed an anti-government protest in July, a Japanese diplomat and the Southeast Asian nation’s government said Thursday.

Myanmar’s junta leader has not been invited to a regional summit next month, host Cambodia said yesterday, in a fresh diplomatic snub for the

Nuclear-armed North Korea test-fired a ballistic missile farther than ever before yesterday, sending it soaring over Japan, for the first time in five years, and prompting a warning for residents there to take cover.

A Pakistani court yesterday accepted an apology tendered by former prime minister Imran Khan and dropped a contempt of court case against him, his defence lawyer said, a ruling that ease the threat to him of disqualification from politics.

Pakistan’s Cabinet has formally given the go-ahead to hold an inquiry into the audio leaks purportedly featuring PTI Chairman Imran Khan and his party leaders, it emerged yesterday.

Authorities dispersed a women’s rally in Afghanistan’s western city of Herat yesterday, with protesters claiming they were beaten by Taliban forces who fired shots in the air.

Sri Lanka’s government yesterday cut taxes on female sanitary products in a bid to help women and girls unable to afford them because of the country’s economic crisis.