Hundreds of young students gathered in New Delhi yesterday for the first street protest organised by the satirical “Cockroach People’s Party” over alleged irregularities in recent major examinations.

Movement taps into youth frustration over jobs despite India’s rapid economic growth

The tiny Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan is worried about its declining population and has announced cash incentives to families to produce more children.

Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit North Korea next week, state media said yesterday, his first trip abroad this year after hosting a series of leaders as Beijing asserts itself as a global diplomatic superpower.

This will be his first trip to Pyongyang in seven years

India gave a red-carpet welcome to Venezuela’s interim President Delcy Rodriguez yesterday, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi held talks to bolster trade between the oil exporter and his energy-hungry nation.

Pakistan has previously said it would consider any attempt to change the flow of cross-border waterways an ‘act of war’

Police said owner Lavkesh Bajaj was arrested late Wednesday, hours after the blaze gutted the building, killing at least nine Indians and several foreigners

The split in India’s Trinamool Congress (TMC) apparently passed the point of no return yesterday as West Bengal Assembly Speaker Rathindra Bose approved the party’s rebel leader Ritabrata Banerjee as the Leader of the Opposition.

Conflict in Middle East chokes Strait of Hormuz, drives up fuel prices

Bangladesh High Commission says three are in critical condition and receiving ICU care

In May, China's foreign ministry called on Asia-Pacific countries to be vigilant and "jointly resist the reckless actions of Japan's neo-militarism"

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth took another swipe at Washington’s Nato and European partners yesterday, saying those that do not hike defence spending sufficiently “will face a clear shift in how we do busines

Myanmar President Min Aung Hlaing arrived in neighbouring India yesterday, in his first trip abroad since becoming civilian leader, for talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

The former military chief will also hold talks with business representatives during his five-day visit

Seven men had been trapped in the cavern in a remote mountainous area of central Xaysomboun province since May 20

North Korea does not seem keen on diplomacy with Washington and Seoul, instead choosing to strengthen self-reliance and military deterrence, Singapore’s foreign minister has said after a rare trip to the politically isolated nation.

A Hong Kong court yesterday dismissed an appeal by the former head of the city’s largest press union against a conviction for obstructing police officers, issuing a five-day jail sentence.

Hasina Bibi clutched her hungry four-year-old daughter as she waited at an India-Bangladesh border post, trying to leave as fears grow of an Indian crackdown on undocumented migrants.

Japan’s population dropped by a record 2.5 percent in the span of five years, census data showed yesterday, as the world’s fourth-largest economy struggles to overcome demographic woes.