A potential International Monetary Fund bailout for Sri Lanka could be delayed if its creditors -- the largest being China -- do not agree on concessions, the island’s president warned yesterday.

An explosion in a Shi'ite residential area in Afghanistan's capital city Kabul on Friday killed at least two people and left three wounded, police said.

More than 600 Facebook and Instagram accounts allegedly linked to the Malaysian police have been removed by tech giant Meta, which believes they were part of a "troll farm" used to corrupt or manipulate public discourse.

Delhi police detained Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today (August 5, 2022) after he along with other leaders of his party, marched to the Rashtrapati Bhavan to protest against unemployment, inflation and price rise.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today alleged that India is witnessing the "death of democracy" and anybody who stands against the onset of dictatorship is "viciously attacked".

Airlines have cancelled flights to Taipei and rerouted others to avoid airspace nearby that has been closed to civilian traffic during Chinese military exercises sparked by US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan.

Thirteen people have been killed and 35 injured after a fire broke out on Friday at a night club in Thailand's Chonburi province, southeast of the capital Bangkok, a police official said.

China yesterday deployed scores of planes and fired live missiles near Taiwan in its biggest-ever drills in the Taiwan Strait, a day after US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi made a solidarity trip to the self-ruled island.

The Taliban yesterday said the government had no information about al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri “entering and living” in capital city Kabul and warned the United States to never repeat an attack on Afghan soil.

The Indian rupee may decline to a new lifetime low versus the US dollar if the Reserve Bank of India on Friday decides to opt for a smaller rate hike, a trader said.

Nepal’s government yesterday said it will hold a parliamentary election on November 20 amid concerns over high inflation and depleted foreign exchange

India, the world’s third largest carbon polluter, has finally approved new targets for slashing planet-warming emissions, more than a year after a United Nations deadline for updated commitments.

War crimes investigators got hold of thousands of pages of documents that shed new light on Myanmar’s campaign to expel the country’s ethnic minority -- the Rohingya, as well as efforts to hide the strategy from the world.

Bangladesh is closely following the developments in the Taiwan Strait and urged all parties concerned to exercise utmost restraint and refrain from any actions that may aggravate tension and undermine peace and stability in the region and beyond.

Chinese forces fired "multiple" ballistic missiles into waters around Taiwan during Thursday's military drills, Taipei's defence ministry said, condemning what it described as "irrational actions that undermine regional peace".

The Taliban are investigating a US "claim" that Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed in a US drone strike in Kabul, a Taliban official said on Thursday, indicating the group's leadership were not aware of his presence there.

In a statement, Li Jiming, Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh, today (August 4, 2022) said that on August 2, disregarding China’s strong opposition, US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited China’s Taiwan region.  

Gujarat police have launched an investigation after six Indian students, with “good” IELTS scores, failed to respond in English in front of a US court.

US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi left Taiwan yesterday after pledging solidarity and hailing its democracy, leaving a trail of Chinese anger over her brief visit to the self-ruled island that Beijing claims as its own.

Sri Lanka faces a “great danger” with fuel shortages sparked by its unprecedented economic crisis set to continue at least till the year’s end, President Ranil Wickremesinghe warned yesterday.