Bodies of 87 people killed during bitter ethnic violence over the past eight months in India’s Manipur state were buried in a mass ceremony yesterday, a community leader said.

At least 10 people were killed in floods after intense rainfall in southern India, local media reported yesterday, weeks after a cyclone triggered intense flooding in the same areas.

India will look into any information it receives on its alleged links to a foiled plot to murder a Sikh separatist leader in the United States,

Malaysia banned on Wednesday Israeli-flagged cargo ships from docking at its ports in response to Israel's actions in Gaza, which it said ignores "basic humanitarian principles"

Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin hailed his country’s relationship with China yesterday, declaring an “all-time high” in bilateral ties during a visit to the Chinese capital, according to readouts from both Moscow and Beijing.

North Korea said yesterday it had tested the isolated state’s newest ICBM on Monday to gauge the war readiness of its nuclear force against mounting US hostility, as Washington and its allies began operating a real-time missile data sharing system.

A magnitude-6.2 earthquake struck one of China’s poorest regions just before midnight on Monday, killing at least 127 people, injuring hundreds and bringing down mud houses in remote villages that never stood a chance.

Halal-certified bakeries in largely Muslim Malaysia can now put Christmas greetings on cakes for their customers, religious authorities said, reversing a three-year-old ban following public uproar.

More than half of all opposition lawmakers have been barred from the ongoing session of India’s parliament for demanding a debate into a protest last week in which a smoke canister was released in the legislature.

One-third of the population of Myanmar, or more than 18 million people, now require humanitarian aid, the United Nations warned Monday, seeking a billion dollars in donations next year to combat the need.

Forty-nine more opposition lawmakers of Lok Sabha, the lower House of Indian parliament, were suspended today for disrupting House proceedings, taking the total number to 141 MPs who have been suspended in the last two days in the current winter session of Parliament

A total of 78 opposition lawmakers of the Indian parliament -- 33 from Lok Sabha, and 45 from the Rajya Sabha -- were suspended yesterday for disrupting proceedings of the Houses over a major security breach of parliament.

Pakistan’s jailed former prime minister, Imran Khan, whose party isn’t allowed to hold public rallies, used an audio clip generated by artificial intelligence (AI) late Sunday to address a virtual rally in the first event of its kind in the country.

A landmark national security trial for leading China critic Jimmy Lai opened in Hong Kong yesterday amid tight security, with the pro-democracy activist battling charges that he colluded with foreign forces, including the United States.

China vowed yesterday to “take countermeasures” against companies involved in arms sales to Taiwan after the United States approved a $300-million deal to beef up the self-ruled island’s defences.

The disciplinary action is one of the biggest in Indian history

Pakistan's jailed former prime minister, Imran Khan, whose party isn't allowed to hold public rallies, used an audio clip generated by artificial intelligence (AI) late Sunday to address a virtual rally in the first event of its kind in the country

Thousands of people in the Philippines were sheltering in evacuation centres Monday as Tropical Storm Jelawat smashed across the large southern island of Mindanao, threatening to unleash floods and landslides

At least nine workers were killed and several injured in a blast at an explosives factory in Nagpur, a central district in Maharashtra state yesterday morning, a local police officer told Reuters over the phone.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for a detailed investigation into last week’s major security breach of parliament, countering demands from opposition parties for a debate in the chamber on the incident.