Top officials of India’s ruling Hindu nationalist party and an army of its supporters bombarded voters with disinformation as key states went to the polls, specialists say.

India’s military accidentally fired a missile into neighbouring Pakistan, New Delhi’s defence ministry said yesterday, calling it “deeply regrettable”.

India today said it has ordered a high-level inquiry into an “accidental firing” of a missile which landed in Pakistani territory.

Conservative South Korean opposition candidate Yoon Suk-yeol rode to victory in a tight presidential election on a wave of discontent over economic policy, scandals and gender wars,

Overcoming strong anti-incumbency sentiments, Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led BJP yesterday stormed back into power for a second successive tenure in the most populous and politically crucial state of Uttar Pradesh.

Breaking a 37-year-old jinx, India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party -- led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi -- was today poised to storm back to power for a second successive tenure in the most populous and politically crucial state of Uttar Pradesh.

In what appeared to be a direct threat to the opposition that submitted a no-confidence resolution against Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan in the country’s National Assembly a day earlier, the PM yesterday thundered that he had been waiting for this day, claiming confidently that the “definite failure” of the move and regaining of parliament’s confidence will help him “grab the thieves by their necks” and go after them once this “battle of nerves” is over.

Taiwan’s military strategists have been studying Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and the country’s resistance, for the island’s own battle strategy in the event its giant neighbour China ever makes good on its threat to take them by force.

Six Bangladeshi fishermen returned home from Myanmar today 37 days after their detention in the neighbouring country.

Indian e-commerce company Flipkart has apologised for its sexist marketing of kitchen appliances on Women’s Day.

Thousands of Pakistani opposition party supporters yesterday rallied to demand Prime Minister Imran Khan’s ouster, accusing him of mismanaging the economy and poor governance, in the toughest challenge he has faced since taking power in 2018.

A delegation of senior opposition lawmakers submitted a no-confidence motion against Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan with the National Assembly Secretariat today (March 8, 2022), PML-N spokesperson Marriyum Aurangzeb said.

An Argentinian court has asked the social media giant Facebook to clarify its role in “fuelling the ongoing genocide against Rohingya people and to share evidence crucial to holding the Myanmar military to account”.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist party was set for a resounding victory but a reduced majority at elections in the country’s most populous state Uttar Pradesh, exit polls forecast yesterday.

China and India should help each other accomplish goals, instead of "draining each others' energies", Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Monday.

At least five personnel of India’s Border Security Force (BSF) were killed today when their colleague allegedly opened fire at a BSF camp in Punjab state’s Amritsar, officials said.

Myanmar’s junta has revoked the citizenship of several members of an opposition government dominated by Aung San Suu Kyi’s toppled administration, it said yesterday.

The death toll from a suicide attack at a Shia mosque in northwest Pakistan rose to 62 overnight as police yesterday said they would try to identify the bomber from two severed feet found at the scene.

One of the Taliban’s most secretive leaders, whose only picture on US “most wanted” lists is a grainy semi-covered profile, was photographed openly for the first time yesterday at a passing-out parade for new Afghan police recruits.

North Korea fired a suspected ballistic missile yesterday, Seoul’s military said, continuing this year’s record-breaking blitz of weapons tests with a launch just days before South Korea’s presidential election.