India’s opposition Congress party yesterday declared veteran leader Mallikarjun Kharge its new chief, the first person from outside the influential Nehru-Gandhi family to hold the beleaguered party’s presidency in 24 years.

UN chief Antonio Guterres chided India during a visit there yesterday over its human rights record, which critics say has regressed under Hindu nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Indian authorities have stopped a photojournalist from boarding a flight to the United States, where she had planned to attend a ceremony to receive a Pulitzer Prize.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today (October 19, 2022) laid the foundation stone of a new strategic air base at Deesa in his home state of Gujarat. The base is just 130km from the border with Pakistan.

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

India’s veteran politician Mallikarjun Kharge has won the Congress president election and is set to become the party's first non-Gandhi leader in 24 years, NDTV reports.

South Korea on Wednesday criticised North Korea for unleashing a fresh artillery barrage into waters off its east and west coasts, targeting a maritime "buffer zone" set up in 2018 to reduce tensions.

Two migrant labourers were killed when militants hurled a grenade at their home in Indian Kashmir’s Shopian district, local police said yesterday.

Seven people including six pilgrims were killed today when the helicopter they were on board crashed on the Himalayan mountains amidst poor visibility near the iconic Kedarnath temple in northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, officials said.

Japan will impose additional sanctions against North Korea by freezing assets of groups involved in the development of missiles, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno told a regular briefing on Tuesday.

A 96 percent voter turnout was recorded for the election to the post of Congress’ first chief outside the Gandhi dynasty in 25 years.

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.

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.

Dilip Mahalanabis, a pioneer in oral rehydration therapy who saved thousands of lives from cholera outbreak at a refugee relief camp during Bangladesh’s Liberation War in 1971, passed away at a private hospital in Kolkata yesterday (October 17, 2022) at the age of 87, PTI reported citing sources.

President Xi Jinping hailed China’s rise as a global power and demanded unity around his leadership yesterday, launching a Communist Party Congress that is set to rubber stamp his bid to rule for a historic third term.

President Xi Jinping yesterday said China will give priority to environmental protection and promoting green lifestyles, and that the conservation of nature was an essential part of building a modern socialist country.

For the first time in over 24 years, India's main opposition Congress party will vote to elect a non-Gandhi president tomorrow (October 17, 2022).

China has achieved comprehensive control over Hong Kong, turning it from chaos to governance, Chinese President Xi Jinping said in a speech on Sunday at the opening of the once-in-five-year Communist Party congress in Beijing.

Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan is a candidate for seven of eight national assembly seats up for grabs in a key by-election today, a vote he says is “a referendum” on his popularity.