Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s leftist coalition won a thumping victory in a snap general election, gaining power to push through his plans to fight poverty and graft in the island nation recovering from a financial meltdown.

Pakistan’s Punjab declared a health emergency due to toxic smog yesterday, banning construction, shutting schools for another week and moving universities online, with a 3-day lockdown possible, the province’s senior minister said yesterday.

India's anti-money laundering agency, the Enforcement Directorate (ED), has arrested two Bangladeshi nationals and two Indian in a money laundering case tied to illegal infiltration from Bangladesh into Jharkhand and neighbouring areas

India’s top anti-money laundering probe agency yesterday raided multiple locations in West Bengal and Jharkhand states to examine money laundering activities tied to suspected unlawful entry of Bangladeshi nationals.

Bangalee theatre personality Manoj Mitra, best known for writing and directing farces and fantasies to highlight social and political issues, has passed away. He died yesterday morning at a hospital in Kolkata’s Salt Lake due to age-related ailments. He was 86.

A hit-and-run attack at a sports centre in the southern Chinese city of Zhuhai killed 35 people and severely injured 43, local police said yesterday.

India's top anti-money laundering probe agency today raided multiple locations in West Bengal and Jharkhand states to examine money laundering activities tied to suspected unlawful entry of Bangladeshi nationals

Bhutan, the Himalayan kingdom that brought the world the concept of gross national happiness, is set to build a “mindfulness city” and began raising funds yesterday to help start the ambitious project.

At least 11 suspected militants were killed today in a gun battle with security forces in the restive north eastern Indian state Manipur's Jiribam district, PTI reported quoting officials

China rejected Philippine maritime claims yesterday, saying new legislation “severely infringes on” Beijing’s territorial sovereignty and rights in the South China Sea, and vowing to protect its own interests.

Chinese President Xi Jinping told his Indonesian counterpart that Beijing hopes for a “new chapter” in bilateral relations, as the two leaders met yesterday.

A bombing claimed by Pakistani separatists killed 26 people including 14 soldiers at a railway station in the southwestern Balochistan province, a hospital spokesman said Saturday.

Three Balkans region capitals -- Belgrade, Pristina and Sarajevo -- were among the 10 most polluted cities in the world yesterday, just behind Lahore, Delhi and Beijing.

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos yesterday signed laws defining the country’s sea waters and imposing fixed lanes for foreign ships, sparking a sharp riposte by China which summoned Manila’s envoy.

India’s capital yesterday unveiled plans to fly special drones to clear pollution from its smog-choked skies -- a plan derided by experts as another “band-aid” solution to a public health crisis.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday strongly backed his government’s contentious 2019 decision to revoke the partial autonomy of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), days after the territory’s newly elected lawmakers sought its restoration.

Myanmar’s war-ravaged Rakhine state could face imminent famine according to a United Nations report, which estimates that more than two million people could be at the risk of starvation.

The Pakistan army said on Thursday that four of its soldiers were killed in a firefight with militants near the northwestern border with Afghanistan.

Missing samosas sparked a police probe in India with five officers facing disciplinary action for allegedly eating a plate of the savoury treats intended for a senior politician, media reports said yesterday.

Soldiers in Indian-administered Kashmir killed two suspected rebels during a firefight, police said yesterday, hours after gunmen in a separate incident shot dead two members of a government-backed militia.