Malaysia’s newly appointed Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim yesterday said his primary focus would be on the cost of living as he takes office with a slowing economy and a country deeply split after a close election.

Hundreds of Indonesians prayed out in the open next to rice paddies and in the streets on Friday, as the death toll from an earthquake that flattened their town in western Java rose to 310.

China yesterday reported another record high of daily Covid-19 infections, as cities across the country enforce measures and curbs to control outbreaks.

Indian billionaire Gautam Adani sees the takeover of news broadcaster New Delhi Television Ltd (NDTV) NDTV.NS as a “responsibility” rather than a business opportunity, he said in an interview with the Financial Times yesterday.

South Korea’s capital launched its first self-driving bus route yesterday, part of an experiment which engineers said aims to make people feel more comfortable with driverless vehicles on the roads.

Frustration simmered on Friday among residents and business groups in China navigating stricter Covid-19 control curbs as the country reported another record high of daily infections just weeks after hopes had been raised of easing measures..The resurgence of Covid cases in China, with 32,

The Indian Railways have opened two additional ticket counters at Kolkata station to cope with the rush of India-Bangladesh cross-border passengers.

Ten people were killed and nine injured in a fire in a residential building in China's northwestern Xinjiang region, state media reported Friday.

Malaysia's Anwar Ibrahim is expected to start discussions on forming his cabinet on Friday as he begins work as prime minister at a challenging time, with the economy slowing and the country deeply split after a close election.

China reported record high Covid-19 infections yesterday, with cities nationwide imposing localised lockdowns, mass testing and other curbs that are fuelling frustration and darkening the outlook for the world’s second largest economy.

A six-year-old boy has been pulled from the rubble of a deadly Indonesia earthquake after spending two days trapped under debris without food

Malaysia’s perennial opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim was sworn in as prime minister before the king in Kuala Lumpur yesterday, ending a five-day political impasse after inconclusive polls.

More than a dozen Afghan women protested briefly in Kabul yesterday, calling for their rights to be recognised on the eve of the UN’s International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.

After weeks of intense speculation and rumours, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday chose Lt Gen Asim Munir as the new chief of army staff (COAS).

Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim has been named prime minister, the palace said in a statement Thursday, ending a days-long political impasse after inconclusive polls.

In his final public address as Pakistan's army chief, Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa yesterday said the 1971 war with Bangladesh was a political failure of Pakistan and not a military one.

The Taliban-led Supreme Court in Afghanistan on Wednesday said fourteen people had been lashed at a football stadium in the east of the country.

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan yesterday accused a Moscow-led security group of failing to give protection to his country in the face of aggression from arch-foe Azerbaijan.

Japanese State Minister for Foreign Affairs Takei Shunsuke today said sustainable repatriation of the forcibly displaced Rohingyas would be possible after resumption of democracy in Myanmar.

A Cabinet meeting has approved the draft outcome of the 22nd Meeting of the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) Council of Ministers, while endorsing the Dhaka Communique.