North Korea fired a ballistic missile yesterday, Seoul’s military said, around a week after US President Donald Trump approved South Korea’s plan to build a nuclear-powered submarine.

The commissioning of China’s latest aircraft carrier this week marks a new chapter in its military modernisation effort but security analysts and regional diplomats say tough challenges lie ahead before it can be made fully operational.

Three Indian news outlets publish written interviews

Shipments drop 1.1% year on year

Death tole rises to 188

Nepali rescuers yesterday searched for the bodies of multiple climbers killed in an avalanche this week, while Italy said five citizens reported missing in a separate incident were safe.

Pakistan and Afghanistan on Thursday traded blame for brief cross-border fighting, as delegations from both countries were in Turkey for talks to conclude a ceasefire following deadly clashes

Alliance defeats RSS-backed ABVP in all four central posts

Floodwaters sweep away cars, riverside shanties and even massive shipping containers

Tokyo signals interest in new sectors as number of Bangladeshis in Japan rises to 41,000

The two leaders held talks in South Korea at the end of October

India is ramping up aid to Taliban-ruled Afghanistan and branding itself as the region's "first responder" after Monday's deadly earthquake, seeking to counter China's efforts to fill the void left by the West, officials and analysts said..Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar wa

A powerful 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck near the northern Afghan city of Mazar-e Sharif early yesterday, killing at least 20 people, injuring hundreds and damaging the city’s historic Blue Mosque, authorities said, with the death toll likely to rise.

Police investigation underway

The earthquake struck near the northern Afghan city of Mazar-e Sharif

Migrant workers not ‘reserve labour pool’, says Malaysian judge

Awadhi cuisine gets global recognition

China’s factory activity shrank for a seventh straight month in October, official data showed Friday, as trade uncertainty ahead of talks between President Xi Jinping and US leader Donald Trump weighed on the economic powerhouse.

India’s National Security Adviser Ajit Doval has said “poor governance” was the driving factor behind the uprisings that led to the fall of governments in Bangladesh, Nepal, and Sri Lanka in recent years.

The Maldives began implementing a smoking ban yesterday on anyone born after January 2007, becoming the only nation with a generational prohibition on tobacco, the Health Ministry said.