Toxic hooch has killed at least 37 people in the eastern Indian state of Bihar where alcohol is banned, officials said yesterday, with unconfirmed reports putting the death toll at over 70.

Rescue workers scoured muddy terrain for survivors and bodies on Saturday as the death toll from a landslide at a Malaysian campsite rose to 23, including six children, authorities said.

China's abrupt lifting of stringent Covid-19 restrictions could result in an explosion of cases and over a million deaths through 2023, according to new projections from the US-based Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME).

India on Friday denounced Pakistan Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari for his uncivilised personal remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying his comments were a new low even for his country.

A landslide killed at least 21 people, including children, while they slept in their tents at an unlicensed campsite in Malaysia yesterday, officials

Two veteran Chinese state media journalists have died from Covid-19 in the capital Beijing in recent days, media said yesterday, among the first reported deaths since the government abandoned its strict “zero-Covid” policy of curbs and lockdowns.

India’s foreign minister accused Pakistan of being the “epicentre of terrorism” while his counterpart hit back that Narendra Modi was the “Butcher of Gujarat” in a war of words at the United Nations.

Japan yesterday unveiled its biggest military build-up since World War Two with a $320 billion plan that will buy missiles capable of striking China and ready it for sustained conflict, as regional tensions and Russia’s Ukraine invasion stoke war fears.

At least 16 people were killed when a landslide struck a campsite at a Malaysian farm on Friday, officials said, with rescuers scouring the muddy terrain for nearly 20 people still missing.

The death of a young medical student in China ignited concern yesterday over the strain on the country’s healthcare system as staff battle a nationwide surge in coronavirus cases.

Japan is expected to announce its biggest defence overhaul in decades this week, hiking spending, reshaping its military command and acquiring new missiles to tackle the threat from China.

Pakistan will take a dossier to the United Nations alleging its neighbour India has backed incidents of terrorism, the foreign ministry said

China’s top health body said yesterday the true scale of coronavirus infections in the country is now “impossible” to track, with officials warning

Beijing said yesterday it was “shocked” by a deadly attack on a Kabul hotel popular with Chinese business visitors, adding that five of its nationals were wounded.

Pakistan’s interior minister yesterday accused India of being behind a bombing in 2021 near the house of Hafiz Saeed, the founder of a militant Islamist group blamed for a deadly 2008 attack in Mumbai.

India’s defence minister yesterday accused China of trying to “unilaterally change the status quo” on their disputed Himalayan border last week when clashes left troops on both sides injured.

China sent a record 18 nuclear-capable bombers into Taiwan’s air defence zone, Taipei said yesterday, just days after Beijing banned more Taiwanese imports in the latest sign of deteriorating ties.

The Kuala Lumpur High Court yesterday gave the green light for 114 Myanmar nationals to be deported from Malaysia, with rights groups slamming the decision and “strongly” urging authorities to reconsider.

China sent a record 18 nuclear-capable bombers into Taiwan's air defence zone, Taipei said today, just days after Beijing banned more Taiwanese imports in the latest sign of deteriorating ties.

India's defence minister accused China today of trying to "unilaterally change the status quo" on their disputed Himalayan border last week when clashes left troops on both sides injured.."On 09 December 2022, PLA troops attempted to unilaterally change the status quo by encroaching on the