A top Chinese military official has been dismissed while an investigation into “serious violations of discipline” takes place, Beijing said yesterday, the latest senior figure to fall in a sweeping crackdown on graft in the country’s armed forces.

Hemant Soren, a tribal leader who won the recent assembly elections in Jharkhand staving off an aggressive campaign by BJP on the issue of infiltration from Bangladesh, was today sworn in as the 14th chief minister of the mineral-rich state

A Malaysian court yesterday allowed corruption charges in one of several cases linked to the scandal-wracked 1MDB sovereign wealth fund against jailed ex-prime minister Najib Razak to be dropped, his lawyer said.

Pakistan police said yesterday they had arrested nearly 1,000 protesters who marched on the capital demanding the release of jailed ex-prime minister Imran Khan, after crowds were evicted from the city centre in a sweeping security crackdown.

The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) yesterday said he would seek an arrest warrant for Myanmar’s military leader Min Aung Hlaing for crimes against humanity in the alleged persecution of the Rohingyas.

India’s lower house of parliament suspended proceedings for a second day yesterday after disruptions by lawmakers demanding a discussion of the US indictment of billionaire Gautam Adani, while stocks of his group’s companies clawed back some losses.

Lok Sabha proceedings were first adjourned till noon, and then for the entire day

Falling trees caused power outages, affecting more than 150 households around Seoul in the morning

Andhra was likely to suspend the contract and ask the federal government to investigate the charges

The convoy of the PTI leaders and workers coming from KP comprised over 34,000 persons

A statement of the Indian foreign ministry highlighted concerns about the rising violence against minorities

If medical professionals in China are found guilty of causing a patient's death through negligence, they may be jailed for up to three years and fined

Protesters battled security forces and ignored a government threat to respond with gunfire

At least one policeman was killed and dozens on both sides wounded as supporters of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan clashed with security forces outside Pakistan’s capital Islamabad yesterday, a government minister and Khan’s party said.

Taiwan’s defence ministry yesterday reported that a Chinese balloon had been detected over the sea to Taiwan’s north, the first time since April it has reported such an incident in what Taipei views as part of a pattern of harassment by Beijing.

Thirty-nine foreigners have fled an online scam centre in Myanmar across the border to Thailand, where officials are working to identify potential trafficking victims, police told AFP yesterday.

India’s parliament was suspended yesterday after opposition lawmakers disrupted it demanding a discussion over bribery allegations against the Adani Group and Adani dollar bond prices fell to almost one-year lows as investors and lenders weighed the case.

Opposition members called for investigating the accusations made in a US court against a "well-known businessman" as soon as the House reassembled at noon.

The violence broke out yesterday, leading to the suspension of internet services in Sambhal for 24 hours

Security personnel used batons and tear gas before rounding up scores of people in several cities