Myanmar's National Defence and Security Council agreed Monday to extend the country's state of emergency by six months, state media said, likely delaying elections the junta had pledged to hold by August

A bomb blast in southeastern Myanmar killed one person and wounded 12 others on Monday, an official said

At least 44 people were killed and dozens more wounded yesterday by a suicide bombing at a political gathering of a leading Islamic party in northwest Pakistan, officials said.

The death toll from a powerful explosion that levelled an unlicensed fireworks warehouse in southern Thailand rose to at least 10 yesterday, the local governor said, as police sought the owner on charges of negligence.

Tens of thousands of people were evacuated from flood-prone areas of Beijing as Typhoon Doksuri lashed China’s capital with heavy rain yesterday and residents were urged to stay indoors.

Television footage showed panic-stricken people gathering at the site following the blast as ambulances arrived to move the injured to hospitals

A powerful explosion ripped through a fireworks warehouse Saturday in southern Thailand, killing nine people and injuring more than 100, a senior official said, as several nearby homes were levelled or damaged

The South Asian University (SAU) in New Delhi has asked the students seeking admission in the fresh academic session to give an undertaking that they will not participate in agitations or go on any strike..The university also wants the admission seekers to give a separate undertaking that

India today reported a 6.1 percent growth in its tiger population from last year

A 21-member delegation of opposition lawmakers of India today reached Manipur’s capital city Imphal to have a first-hand assessment of the ground situation in the state rocked by ethnic strife.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday claimed that dengue was spreading in the state from neighbouring Bangladesh and said necessary tests must be conducted at the border

A Hong Kong judge denied yesterday a government request for an injunction banning “Glory to Hong Kong”, a defiant anthem that emerged from the city’s huge pro-democracy protests in 2019.

At least three Myanmar students were killed in an early morning military raid in the country’s northwest, a student union said yesterday.

Climate talks between representatives of the Group of 20 countries (G20) failed to reach a consensus on emission reduction and mitigation targets, an official said.

Former Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad today said the governments around the world have failed to deal with “population explosion”

At least three Myanmar students were killed in an early morning military raid in the country's northwest, a student union said Friday.

Air India on Thursday announced it would start direct flights between Delhi and Dhaka from September 15

Myanmar civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who was ousted from power in a 2021 military coup, has been moved from prison to a government building, an official from her political party said Friday

Doksuri regained super typhoon strength yesterday in its final approach to southeastern China after pummelling Taiwan and the northern Philippines with rain and strong winds that led to the capsize of a ferry in which at least 25 people died.

An Indian parliamentary standing committee has recommended that India resolve the long-festering Teesta river water-sharing issue with Bangladesh "at the earliest" for improved bilateral ties and "initiate meaningful dialogues" for this