Unfazed by the opposition pushback, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi today vowed to step up action against the corrupt in his third term

Senior opposition Indian politician Arvind Kejriwal was moved to a high-security prison yesterday after his arrest last month, a case supporters say is politically motivated and that comes ahead of elections.

A Pakistani court yesterday granted former prime minister Imran Khan an appeal of his conviction for graft and suspended his 14-year jail sentence, his lawyer said, a relief for his embattled party which had won most seats in February’s national polls.

France’s top diplomat said yesterday that Paris wants China to send “clear messages” to its strategic ally Russia over its war in Ukraine, after meetings with his counterpart in Beijing.

Japan’s royal family is now on Instagram -- but don’t expect any candid selfies from its official account, which went live yesterday in a cautious social media debut for the ancient monarchy.

Nine children were killed in a blast in southeastern Afghanistan that was caused by a landmine laid during the country’s decades of conflict, a provincial official said yesterday.

India’s half-century-old decision to end a territorial dispute with Sri Lanka over a tiny island has become a hot-button election issue, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party accusing the rival Congress of compromising fishermen’s rights.

India’s Income Tax department will not pursue a 35-billion rupee ($420 million) payment from the main opposition Congress party until after the completion of general elections in June, the department told the country’s top court yesterday.

Through the most tense encounters with President Vladimir V Putin’s Russia over the past decade, there has been one project in which Washington and Moscow have claimed common cause: keeping North Korea from expanding its arsenal of nuclear weapons

More than 800 people suspected of being cross-border scammers were arrested in a joint police operation by Myanmar and China, Beijing's embassy in Yangon said today

A court in Delhi today sent Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to judicial custody till April 15 in a case filed over money laundering linked to excise policy for liquor

Japan's royal family is now on Instagram -- but don't expect any candid selfies from its official account, which went live Monday in a cautious social media debut for the ancient monarchy

After Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi today attacked Congress for its government handing over Katchatheevu island to Sri Lanka, the main opposition party defended the action as "part of a friendly agreement in 1974" and cited in this context the India-Bangladesh Land Boundary Agreement of 2015 under which enclaves were exchanged.

The Indian government said it was rescuing its citizens who were lured into employment in Cambodia and were being forced to participate in cyber fraud schemes.

Indian opposition parties yesterday united to protest against the arrest of a prominent leader weeks before a national election, accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his party of rigging the vote and harassing them with large tax demands.

Over 300 lawyers yesterday urged the Pakistan Supreme Court (SC) to take notice of allegations of interference in the judiciary by the intelligence apparatus under Article 184(3) of the Constitution, adding that any government-led commission “would be bereft of necessary independence and powers” to probe the claims.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi today criticised main opposition Congress party for handing over a strategic island in south India to Sri Lanka in 1974, terming the decision of the then Indira Gandhi-headed dispensation as “eye-opening and startling”

The Indian Navy said it had freed the 23 Pakistani crew of an Iranian fishing vessel which was seized by armed pirates off Somalia.

The Indian Navy yesterday rescued a hijacked Iranian fishing vessel and its 23 Pakistani crew after more than 12 hours of "intense coercive tactical measures" as part of an anti-piracy operation on the Arabian Sea

Malaysia has arrested an armed man at a hotel in Kuala Lumpur, its top police official said, describing the 36-year-old as a suspected Israeli spy