The Reserve Bank of India tonight announced withdrawal of 2,000-rupee bank notes from circulation, and said existing notes in circulation can either be deposited in bank accounts or exchanged by September 30.

At least 800,000 people in Myanmar need emergency food aid and other assistance after Cyclone Mocha slammed into the conflict-torn country earlier this week, the United Nations said Friday.

A committee constituted by India's Supreme Court to oversee investigations into the Adani group said India's markets regulator had “drawn a blank” on alleged violations by the group’s overseas entities, according to a report seen by Reuters today..But the expert committee said that there w

A Lahore anti-terrorism court has approved pre-arrest bail for Imran Khan in three cases filed against him following the May 9 violence that ensued after his arrest in the Al Qadir Trust case..While granting him bail till June 2, the court also directed the PTI chief to become a part of th

Amir Mir, the information minister of Punjab province, said hundreds of policemen, led by the city police commissioner, would conduct the search operation later today

A vehicle in southern China careened off a cliff today, killing 11 passengers, state media reported..The accident occurred at around 6:30 am (2230 GMT Thursday) in Guangxi province when the vehicle carrying 14 people fell into a pool of water, according to CCTV..A preliminary confirm

Chinese President Xi Jinping kicked off a summit with Central Asian leaders yesterday, seeking to build

The tumultuous campaign by Imran Khan, Pakistan’s most popular politician, to reclaim power has been driven by an economic crisis that ordinary people say has left them unable to feed their families.

Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan, who is facing corruption charges, said yesterday he would not join an investigation by the powerful anti-graft agency while he was out on bail.

Myanmar’s military has imported $1 billion in weapons since seizing power in a 2021 coup and used them “to commit atrocities,” a United Nations expert said in a report released Wednesday.

The death toll from Cyclone Mocha in Myanmar rose to 202 as people on the ground started clearing away debris and counting casualties, with many fearing the death toll will climb far higher as hundreds are still missing, the Irrawaddy reported yesterday.

G7 leaders arrived in Hiroshima, Japan yesterday to weigh tighter sanctions on Russia and protections against China’s “economic coercion”,

A Chinese fishing vessel with 39 crew members onboard sank in the Indian Ocean and the Indian Navy deployed its maritime patrol aircraft to help in the search and rescue operation..Responding to a request from China, the Indian Navy rushed P8I aircraft which carried out multiple and extens

Kiren Rijiju has been removed as India’s law minister after a two-year stint with Prime Minister Narendra Modi allocating the key portfolio to Arjun Ram Meghwal..Rijiju, now a minister of state with independent charge, has been given the new portfolio of Earth Sciences in a move considere

India's Supreme Court upheld today a state government's decision to lift the ban on a popular bull-taming festival long blighted by allegations of animal cruelty

Natural disasters, including cyclones and devastating floods, triggered internal displacement of 12.5 million people in South Asia in 2022 and Bangladesh, India and Pakistan were the most affected by floods, says a report by Geneva-based Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC)

In a written response Imran said that it was not possible for him to appear before NAB Rawalpindi as he was in Lahore

Myanmars military has imported at least $1 billion in arms and other material since it staged a coup in February 2021, a UN expert said on Wednesday in a new report that calls out Russia and China for aiding the junta's deadly campaign to crush its opposition.

Former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan said yesterday that police had surrounded his house and that he expected to be rearrested soon, after the government warned him to hand over supporters who it blamed for attacks on the army.

US Deputy Assistant Secretary Afreen Akhter has said Washington DC does not define its relationship with Dhaka taking into account Bangladesh’s ties with Russia and China or any other country.