Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday condemned the alleged sexual assault of women in Manipur state as “shameful” and promised tough action, his first comments on ethnic clashes in the remote northeast which have killed at least 125 people.

Rescue workers in India battled difficult terrain and bad weather yesterday as they searched for more than 100 people feared trapped in a landslide that killed at least 16 villagers after incessant rain soaked a mountain slope, officials said.

Chinese leader Xi Jinping hailed former US secretary of state Henry Kissinger as an “old friend” as the two met in Beijing yesterday.

At least 16 people were killed Thursday after a landslide smashed into their village in India's Maharashtra state, officials said, with locals fearing the toll could rise significantly

A video shot on May 4 surfaced on social media on Wednesday showing two women being paraded naked and sexually assaulted in ethnic riots-hit northeastern Indian state of Manipur, Indian media reported

Climate change is a “universal threat” that should be handled separately from broader diplomatic issues, US climate envoy John Kerry told Chinese Vice-President Han Zheng yesterday after two days of what he called constructive but complex talks.

Pakistan will open criminal proceedings against former prime minister Imran Khan on charges of exposing official secrets, Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah said yesterday, the latest in a string of cases the former premier has been facing.

Sri Lanka’s parliament approved an anti-corruption bill yesterday, aimed at improving governance in the crisis-hit country and meeting requirements linked to a $2.9 billion bailout from the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

At least 11 labourers were killed and five others injured yesterday when a wall collapsed during heavy monsoon rains on the outskirts of Pakistan’s capital.

At least 16 people were killed and another six injured in a suspected case of electrocution in the north Indian state of Uttarakhand this morning, government officials said.

Thai reformist leader Pita Limjaroenrat’s bid to become prime minister ended yesterday, despite his party winning the most votes in May elections, after the military and pro-royalist establishment blocked his bid for power.

After violence erupted in Myanmar in the wake of the 2021 coup, most high school students in the remote township of Thantlang left their studies and took up arms to support a grassroots rebellion against the military, local school teacher Salai said.

A river that runs through the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh has risen to lap the compound walls of the iconic Taj Mahal in Agra city, causing concern about damage to the 17th-century white marble monument

Fifteen people were killed and several injured when a power transformer exploded on the banks of the Alaknanda river in Indian state of Uttarakhand's Chamoli district today.

Thailand's constitutional court suspended reformist Pita Limjaroenrat on Wednesday, in another blow to his hopes of becoming the nation's next leader after a stunning election win

More than two dozen Indian opposition parties said yesterday that they had joined hands to form an alliance called “INDIA” to take on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in parliamentary elections next year.

Indian tycoon Gautam Adani yesterday denounced fraud accusations against his group by a US investment firm as a “deliberate attempt” to damage its image, at the first annual general meeting since the scandal.

China and the United States could use climate cooperation to redefine their troubled relationship and lead the way in tackling global warming, US climate envoy John Kerry told senior Chinese officials yesterday.

Pakistan’s ruling coalition will dissolve parliament and hand over the reins to a caretaker government next month four days before it is constitutionally required to do so, in preparation for a general election by November, local media reported yesterday.

Thailand’s prime ministerial hopeful said yesterday he was willing to adjust the pace of his Move Forward party’s ambitious reform drive if he becomes premier, but vowed no retreat from a plan to change a law that forbids insulting the monarchy.