China’s “reunification” with Taiwan is inevitable, President Xi Jinping said in his New Year’s address yesterday, striking a stronger tone than he did last year with less than two weeks to go before the Chinese-claimed island elects a new leader.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un wrapped up the year with fresh threats of a nuclear attack on Seoul and orders for a military arsenal build-up to prepare for a war that can “break out any time” on the peninsula, state media reported yesterday.

In the backdrop of recent attacks on two Indian merchant ships in the Arabian Sea and the Red Sea, the Indian Navy today said it has substantially enhanced maritime surveillance efforts in the central and north Arabian Sea and augmented force levels.

Jailed former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan and most of his supporters have been rejected as candidates for the February 8 election, party officials said Sunday after nominations for the ballot closed

Two hours away from Jhenaidah’s Indo-Bangla border, the district of Narail has gained a notoriety for being one of the biggest sources of girls headed for Mumbai.

McDonald’s Malaysia has sued a pro-Palestinian group for USD1.3 million over its calls to boycott companies allegedly supporting Israel.

Malaysia’s anti-graft agency said yesterday it was investigating a former finance minister and key ally of ex-Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad under the country’s abuse of power and money laundering laws.

Pakistan’s election body has rejected former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s nomination to contest the 2024 national elections in two constituencies,

Pakistan's election body has rejected former Prime Minister Imran Khan's nomination to contest the 2024 national elections in two constituencies, officials and his party's media team said on Saturday..The 71-year-old former cricket star has been embroiled in a tangle of political and legal

Islamabad High Court allowed PTI chairman Barrister Gohar Ali Khan and others to hold talks with party founder Imran Khan in Adiala Jail about award of PTI tickets to aspirants for the February 8 elections in Pakistan.

A tripartite peace agreement was signed yesterday among the Indian government, the Assam state government, and the pro-talks faction of the United Liberation Front of Asom (Ulfa) in Delhi.

Hong Kong democracy activist Tony Chung said yesterday he had fled to Britain because he could no longer endure supervision from authorities, who had pressured him to become an informant and limited his work options.

An Indonesian navy vessel in Aceh drove away a boat carrying Rohingyas from Myanmar, a military spokesperson said, as growing numbers of would-be refugees from the strife-torn country face hostility from locals.

China yesterday named former navy commander Dong Jun as its new defence minister, state media said, filling a vacancy created by the surprise removal of Li Shangfu in October.

A tripartite peace agreement among the Indian government, the Assam government, and the pro-talks faction of the United Liberation Front of Asom (Ulfa) has been signed in Delhi, bringing the curtains down on one of the biggest insurgent groups in the northeast region of India

India’s government has again targeted high-profile journalists with Pegasus spyware,

A Qatar court has dropped the death sentence imposed on eight Indian former naval officers arrested there last year, India’s foreign ministry said yesterday.

North Korea leader Kim Jong Un has ordered his country’s military, munitions industry and nuclear weapons sector to accelerate war preparations to counter what he called unprecedented confrontational moves by the US, state media said yesterday.

China’s embassy in Myanmar yesterday urged its nationals to leave the Laukkai area in Kokang region in northern Myanmar as soon as possible, citing growing security risks.

Three Hong Kong students were jailed yesterday for up to six years over their roles in a conspiracy to blow up government buildings, with one pleading guilty to “terrorist activities” under the national security law.