Pakistan riot police on Tuesday used water cannon and tear gas to push back supporters of former prime minister Imran Khan who have gathered outside his house to prevent officers from arresting him.

It marks the latest step in China reopening its borders for foreigners after three years of Covid restrictions. Visa-free entry will be resumed for foreigners from Hong Kong and Macao, and ASEAN nations.

Myanmar’s junta and anti-coup fighters yesterday traded accusations over the killing of around 30 people who were sheltering in a monastery.

China’s Xi Jinping yesterday emphasised the need to strengthen national security, in his first address since being handed a historic third term as the country’s president.

Tokyo’s High Court yesterday ordered a retrial for an 87-year-old former boxer, dubbed the world’s longest-serving death row inmate, nearly six decades after he was convicted of murder.

Two Namibian cheetahs relocated to India last year were released into the wild, more than seven decades after the world’s fastest land animal was declared extinct in the South Asian country.

Police in India have arrested three men in eastern Bihar state in connection with the death of a Muslim man who was attacked because he was suspected of carrying beef, a police official said yesterday. The victim, Naseem Qureshi, 56, died earlier this

A blast hit a cultural centre during an event for journalists in northern Afghanistan yesterday, killing at least one security guard and wounding eight, according to authorities and journalists, a few days after the province’s governor died in an explosion claimed by Islamic State.

Li Qiang, one of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s most trusted allies, was confirmed as premier yesterday, as Xi cements his influence on the country’s top leadership.

A blast hit a cultural centre during an event for journalists in northern Afghanistan on Saturday, killing at least one person and wounding eight, according to authorities and journalists, a few days after the province's governor died in an explosion claimed by Islamic State

Li, the former Shanghai party chief who oversaw the city's gruelling two-month lockdown last spring, was named the successor of outgoing premier Li Keqiang at a meeting of the country's rubber-stamp parliament

Xi Jinping was handed a third term as Chinese president yesterday, capping a rise that has seen him become the country’s most powerful leader in generations.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi pledged greater defence ties yesterday after a diplomatic tour where the leaders bonded over their countries’ shared love of cricket.

Two persons have died of influenza caused by the H3N2 virus, the Indian government said yesterday. One person has died in Haryana and the other in Karnataka.

Kim Jong Un ordered North Korea’s military to intensify drills for a “real war”, state media reported yesterday, as the leader oversaw a fire assault drill with his daughter in tow.

Iran and Saudi Arabia have agreed to re-establish diplomatic relations after talks in Beijing between officials from the two rival Middle East powers, Iranian state media reported on Friday

Xi Jinping on Friday sealed a historic third term as China's president.

The Taliban governor of Afghanistan’s Balkh province, known for fighting against Islamic State jihadists, was killed in a suicide attack at his office yesterday, officials said.

Malaysia’s former prime minister Muhyiddin Yassin was arrested yesterday after anti-graft authorities questioned him for alleged  misuse of public funds meant to fight Covid-19. Muhyiddin, who was prime minister for 17 months between 2020 and 2021,

Amid a bitter crisis in its ruling coalition, Nepal yesterday elected a social democrat as its third president since the Himalayan nation ended a centuries-old monarchy.