The Taliban yesterday called on US Congress members to release Afghan assets frozen after their takeover of the country, warning economic turmoil at home could lead to trouble abroad.

An Indian comedian and actor has been forced to defend himself against online accusations of “insulting the country” after he performed a “two Indias” monologue in Washington.

India’s capital has shut schools, colleges and coal plants as it battles dangerous levels of air pollution in the region that yesterday left residents of Lahore in neighbouring Pakistan choking on acrid smog.

Hackers from Pakistan used Facebook to target people in Afghanistan with connections to the previous government during the Taliban's takeover of the country, the company's threat investigators said in an interview with Reuters.

Myanmar’s junta has charged ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi with committing electoral fraud during the 2020 polls, state media reported yesterday.

How humanity confronts climate change may come down to the intentions behind two words.

India is always vigilant to stop the killings on borders with Bangladesh, and such casualty is unexpected for the both countries, Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Vikram Kumar Doraiswami said today.

The West Bengal state legislative assembly today passed a resolution against the Indian government’s decision to extend the Border Security Force’s jurisdiction to conduct seize operations and make arrests. 

Market-stand owner Kadriye Dogru makes do with stale, sesame-covered bagels, known as simit, for lunch these days. The widowed mother of two says she goes without lunch so she can put food on the table for her family later in the day.

India has extended the ban imposed on Zakir Naik's organisation Islamic Research Foundation (IRF) by five years.

The Taliban have launched a crackdown on suspected Islamic State hideouts in southern Afghanistan, officials said yesterday, following an increase in bloody attacks by the group in recent weeks.

Thousands of children in the Philippines were allowed to return to classrooms yesterday for the first time since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, as a pilot re-opening of schools got under way.

China is battling the spread of its biggest Covid-19 outbreak caused by the Delta variant, according to numbers announced yesterday, with travellers from a city where infections have grown faster than elsewhere in the country subject to tough quarantine rules in nearby areas.

US journalist Danny Fenster was “pardoned” before being deported from Myanmar where he had been sentenced to 11 years in jail and was to face further terror and sedition charges, the junta said yesterday.

Bangladesh and Sri Lanka are looking to sign a preferential trade agreement (PTA) as they seek to improve trade relations and connectivity, both via air and sea.

American journalist Danny Fenster was released from prison on Monday in military-ruled Myanmar and was on a flight out of the country, his employer said, three days after he was jailed for 11 years in a ruling that drew international condemnation.

Taliban forces held a military parade in Kabul on Sunday using captured American-made armoured vehicles and Russian helicopters in a display that showed their ongoing transformation from an insurgent force to a regular standing army.

Indian President Ram Nath Kovind is scheduled to visit Bangladesh on December 16 and 17, to attend the Victory Day celebrations at the invitation of Bangladesh.

Expressing concern over reports that child marriage in Afghanistan is on the rise, UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore said the Covid-19 pandemic, the ongoing food crisis and the onset of winter have further exacerbated the situation for families.

ISIS militants detonated an explosive device on Saturday inside barracks of the Pakistani police in the district of Bajaur, the group said on Telegram.