The Philippines will expand coronavirus restrictions in Manila from today to include more than 11 million people living near the capital as cases surge, the government said.

A landslide at a construction site in southwest China’s Guizhou province has killed at least 14 people, state media reported yesterday.

A woman suspected to be the prime accused in the case related to the fake online “auction” of Muslim women was detained by Indian police while the engineering student, who was detained in Bengaluru yesterday, has been arrested.

More than one million people in a city in central China were being confined to their homes on Tuesday after three asymptomatic coronavirus cases were recorded in the country's latest mass lockdown.

A destitute Indian woman who claims she is heir to the dynasty that built the Taj Mahal has demanded ownership of an imposing palace once home to the Mughal emperors.

A 21-year-old engineering student has been detained from India’s Bengaluru in connection with the “Bulli Bai” app which targeted Muslim women, the Indian police said last night.

A large chunk of Covid-19 cases in Indian metro areas reported in the last few days are of the Omicron variant, a top official said yesterday, adding that the country is “clearly in the third wave” of the pandemic.

A strong earthquake struck off the coast of eastern Taiwan yesterday evening, the Central Weather Bureau said, with shaking felt in the capital Taipei but no immediate reports of damage.

On January 1, Quratulain Rehbar, a journalist from Indian-administered Kashmir, woke up to see herself listed for an “online auction”. Her photograph was sourced without her permission and uploaded on an app for “sale”. She was not alone.

Attacked by goons, as she claims, Reham Khan, activist and former wife of Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, has slammed him over the country’s law and order situation.

Lawmakers in Hong Kong’s new “patriots only” legislature swore oaths of allegiance yesterday as it sat for the first time following a new selection process that barred the city’s traditional democracy opposition.

A strong earthquake struck off the coast of eastern Taiwan on Monday evening with shaking felt in the capital Taipei, but authorities said there were no immediate reports of widespread damage or injuries.

Firing of lethal and non-lethal weapons by the Border Security Force (BSF) along the Bangladesh border has remained consistent during the period from 2015 to 2021, The Indian Express reported today quoting latest Indian Home Ministry data.

The Indian government has asked cyber security and police in Delhi and Mumbai to investigate complaints that a website had hosted doctored and “lewd” pictures and objectionable comments “aimed at insulting Muslim women”.

A team of Afghan intelligence agents poured around 3,000 liters of liquor into a canal in Kabul, the country’s spy agency said on Sunday, as the new Taliban authorities crack down on the sale of alcohol.

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that sexual offences have risen sharply in the country.

Thirty-three years after he was abducted, a man finally reunited with his family, thanks to a hand-drawn map of his hometown.

West Bengal yesterday announced a slew of Covid-19 restrictions, including closure of schools and colleges and imposing a night curfew, as India reported more than 27,000 new cases, with infections sharply rising for a fifth consecutive day.

Twenty-two people were injured when a shallow earthquake hit southwestern China yesterday afternoon and shook the popular tourist city of Lijiang, local authorities said.

A South Korean has crossed the heavily fortified border in a rare defection to North Korea, South Korea’s military said yesterday.