Consumer price inflation in Pakistan jumped to a record 35.37% in March from a year earlier, the statistics bureau said on Saturday, as at least 16 people were killed in stampedes for food aid.

The death toll after a floor collapsed at a Hindu temple in India had risen to 36 yesterday after rescuers discovered the body of the last person still missing, police told AFP.

Pakistan’s parliament has passed a new law to curtail the powers of the Supreme Court’s chief justice, Law Minister Azam Nazeer Tarar said yesterday, a move

At least 36 people have been arrested in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal after violent clashes disrupted a religious procession, a senior state police official said yesterday.

Nine Chinese aircraft crossed the Taiwan Strait’s median line yesterday carrying out combat readiness patrols, Taiwan’s defence ministry said, days after Beijing threatened retaliation if President Tsai Ing-wen meets US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.

At least nine people died in a stampede during a Zakat distribution among families of a private company's employees in Karachi's Sindh Industrial & Trading Estate (SITE) area today, according to police and health officials.

At least 31 people died and 230 were rescued after a fire engulfed a ferry in the southern Philippines, authorities said yesterday.

Twitter has blocked the Pakistan government’s account from being viewed in India in response to a legal demand, according to a notice on the social media

Asia must avoid “chaos and conflicts” or the region’s future will be lost, Chinese Premier Li Qiang has said.

According to Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, eleven bodies have been retrieved so far

Four policemen were killed by a roadside bomb as they scrambled to protect a police station under siege by Taliban militants in northwest Pakistan, officials said Thursday

The Bombay High Court yesterday declined to grant relief to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in a complaint seeking action against her for allegedly disrespecting the national anthem at an event in Mumbai in 2022. Justice Amit Borkar

Pakistan’s National Assembly yesterday passed the Supreme Court (Practice and Procedure), Bill 2023, which aims to deprive the office of the chief justice of Pakistan (CJP) of powers to take suo motu notice in an individual capacity. The bill, presented by

External pressure will not stop Taiwan engaging with the world, President Tsai Ing-wen said yesterday as she left for the United States, hitting a defiant note after China threatened retaliation if she met US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.

The National Assembly today passed the Supreme Court (Practice and Procedure), Bill 2023, which aims to deprive the office of the chief justice of Pakistan (CJP) of powers to take suo motu notice in an individual capacity.

The Bombay High Court yesterday declined to grant relief to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in a complaint seeking action against her for allegedly disrespecting the national anthem at an event in Mumbai in 2022..Justice Amit Borkar dismissed the application filed by Mamata cha

After buying NDTV, embattled billionaire Gautam Adani’s AMG Media Networks Limited (AMNL) has acquired about 49 percent stake in another Indian news platform.

The ousted ruling party of Myanmar’s former leader Aung San Suu Kyi was among 40 political parties dissolved yesterday, after they failed to meet a registration deadline for an election set to perpetuate the military’s political dominance.

Pakistan’s human rights commission yesterday rebuked feuding political parties for undermining democracy as the world’s fifth-most populous country battles an economic crisis.

Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif yesterday appealed to parliament to act against predecessor Imran Khan over accusations that his party was involved in violence that erupted when police tried to arrest him for alleged corruption.