Indian Army Chief Gen M M Naravane today embarked on a five-day visit to Israel to further strengthen India’s defence and security cooperation with the Jewish state.

A top Maoist leader was among 26 activists of the ultra-left group killed in an “encounter” with Indian police inside a dense forest in Maharashtra state’s Gadchiroli district yesterday, a senior police official said today.

A man prayed to Lord Hanuman’s idol before allegedly stealing a cash box from a temple in the western Indian state of Maharashtra, police said today after examining CCTV footage of the shrine premises.

A minibus was hit by a suspected bomb near a Taliban checkpoint in Kabul yesterday, witnesses said, although details of any casualties were not immediately known.

The Chief Justice of India yesterday asked the central government to come up with an emergency plan to tackle New Delhi’s toxic air quality and dangerous smog conditions, calling the situation “very serious”.

A bomb exploded on a mini-bus Saturday on a busy commercial street in a Kabul neighborhood mainly populated by members of Afghanistan’s minority Hazara community, emergency workers and the bus driver said. At least one person was killed and five wounded.

The Delhi government today ordered the closure of all schools in the Indian capital for a week from Monday and a halt to construction activities for four days from November 14 due to severe air pollution.

At least seven persons, including a colonel of the Indian army, his wife and son were killed when their convoy was ambushed by suspected insurgents in the northeastern state Manipur’s Churachandrapur district bordering Myanmar.  

Terming the air pollution in New Delhi and neighbouring areas an “emergency situation”, Indian Supreme Court today suggested the authorities take immediate measures including putting the capital under lockdown along with stopping vehicle movements.

Sara Duterte, the daughter of outgoing Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte, will run for vice president in the 2022 elections, the government's election monitor said Saturday, after months of speculation she would seek the top job.

Escalating its standoff with the Indian government, the West Bengal government has decided to move a resolution in the state legislature on November 17 against the extension of the Border Security Force’s jurisdiction from 15 km to 50 km in the state.

Pakistan has removed far-right leader Saad Rizvi from its terrorism watchlist, paving the way for his release from detention under a deal to end weeks of deadly protests by his followers over alleged blasphemy.

At least three people were killed and 15 wounded Friday by a blast at a mosque in Afghanistan’s restive Nangarhar province, a hotbed of Islamic State activity, officials said.

India’s Congress leader Rahul Gandhi yesterday attacked the Centre citing different takes by the ministry of external affairs and Chief of Defence Staff Bipin Rawat on the issue of Chinese village at the border.

A Myanmar junta court yesterday sentenced an American journalist to 11 years in prison on charges of unlawful association, incitement against the military and breaching visa rules, his employer and lawyer said.

The editor of a shuttered Singaporean news website may face jail after being convicted on Friday of defaming government ministers over a letter published on the portal alleging corruption.

Cambodia yesterday angrily condemned a US decision to sanction two senior military officials over a contentious naval base, accusing Washington of showing “utter contempt” for its sovereignty.

India’s federal pollution control board yesterday ordered states and local bodies to be in “complete readiness” for emergency measures to tackle New Delhi’s worsening smog conditions due to a drop in temperature and wind speeds.

The birth centenary of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and the golden jubilee of Bangladesh’s independence is set to be celebrated at the Kolkata Book Fair on January 31 next year.

The Chinese Communist Party yesterday passed a “historical resolution”, cementing Xi Jinping’s status in political history.