A former South Korean defence minister charged with insurrection for his role in a short-lived martial law attempt told a court yesterday that he wanted a broader military deployment but was overruled by President Yoon Suk Yeol.

Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan called off reconciliatory talks with the government yesterday, a week after a court handed him a 14-year jail term on graft charges, his party’s chairman said.

A winter drought is ravaging crops in Pakistan’s breadbasket, farmers said yesterday, with the region parched by a 40 percent drop in rainfall.

By Thursday morning, the Thai capital was the sixth most polluted major city in the world, according to IQAir

A high-profile gay couple married in Thailand on Thursday as the kingdom's same-sex marriage law went into effect, an AFP journalist saw, among the first of hundreds expected to do so

Twelve people were killed yesterday after rumours of a fire on their train caused them to jump off and were crushed to death by another incoming train, officials said.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) filed an appeal before the Calcutta High Court today, seeking the death penalty for Sanjay Roy, a former civic volunteer of Kolkata Police

At least 12 passengers were killed this evening when they rushed out of their train compartment in panic following reports of fire only to be run over by another train on the adjacent tracks in Maharashtra state's Jalgaon district

Indian security forces shot dead at least 14 Maoist rebels, including a top commander, yesterday in what the interior minister said was one of the heaviest bouts of recent fighting.

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol yesterday attended a Constitutional Court hearing of his impeachment trial where he denied ordering military commanders to drag lawmakers out of parliament during his short-lived bid to impose martial law.

The number of dead after a fire that engulfed a hotel at a ski resort in northwestern Turkey on Tuesday rose to 66, the interior minister said

Unhappy with the verdict, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee yesterday said death penalty would have been ensured if the case been handled by the Kolkata Police

DG of Odisha Police Y B Khurania said the operation by the security forces was launched on specific intelligence input

The Myanmar military and the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) signed a formal agreement for a ceasefire that began on Saturday, China’s foreign ministry said, halting fighting near the border of both countries.

At a shopping mall in Beijing, Zhang Yachun murmurs quietly to her closest confidant, a fluffy AI-powered robot whose soothing chirps remind her that she is not alone.

A Myanmar junta air strike killed 28 people, including children, and wounded 25 at a temporary detention area in western Rakhine state, an ethnic minority armed group said yesterday.

An Indian court on Saturday found a 33-year-old man guilty for the rape and murder of a doctor, a crime that sparked nationwide protests and hospital strikes last year.

The court will pronounce the quantum of punishment on January 20

A Pakistani court yesterday sentenced former prime minister Imran Khan to 14 years’ imprisonment in a land corruption case, a setback to nascent talks between his party and the government aimed at cooling political instability in the south Asian nation.

India yesterday reiterated that fencing is one of the necessary measures to ensure a crime-free border with Bangladesh.