Social media ban came as online anti-elite movement was gaining traction

'The government was not in favour of stopping the use of social media and will ensure an environment for its use'

At least 19 people died in Nepal yesterday and dozens more were injured as police fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse protesters who tried to break into parliament.

Police clashed with young protesters yesterday in Kathmandu, killing at least 19 people as the unrest in the Himalayan country over the social media ban turned into a wider protest against endemic corruption.

Prominent personalities warn government and parties not to dismiss the demands of youths

Resignation follows deaths of 19 people during Gen Z protests

Police use water cannons and teargas as few enter Parliament building premises

With Japanese PM announcing his resignation, attention turns to who will next steer the world's fourth-largest economy

A series of strong aftershocks from a deadly earthquake that hit eastern Afghanistan at the weekend injured at least another 10 people and caused further damage, Taliban authorities said yesterday.

Pakistan’s government yesterday said “we decide who stays”, after the United Nations refugee chief urged the country to pause its mass expulsion of Afghans after a major earthquake.

Several social media platforms, including Facebook, were inaccessible in Nepal yesterday after the government blocked unregistered platforms, leaving millions of users angry and confused.

According to Mumbai police, the message said 34 vehicles in the Indian city have been fitted with ‘human bombs’

Several social media platforms, including Facebook, were inaccessible in Nepal on Friday

China has never denounced Russia's war nor called for it to withdraw its troops, and many of Ukraine's allies believe that Beijing has provided support to Moscow

About 84,000 affected, thousands displaced, says aid agency

Student groups met two senior ministers late on Thursday to press their complaints after more than a week of sometimes violent protests over lawmakers' bonuses and police tactics used against demonstrators.

The accident took place on Thursday night in the mountainous Ella area, about 130 kilometres (81 miles) east of the capital.

Right-wing Thai tycoon Anutin Charnvirakul was confirmed yesterday by parliament as the nation’s next prime minister, ousting the dominant populist Shinawatra dynasty.

A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck southeastern Afghanistan yesterday, the German Research Centre for Geosciences said, the third tremor in the same region since Sunday, when one of the country’s deadliest quakes in years killed more than 2,200 people.

Indian finance minister made the announcement after a daylong GST Council meeting