Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was preparing on June 6 to be sworn in for a third term after an unexpectedly close election that forced…
At least 30 people have died due to extreme rains and floods that have devastated Sri Lanka since May 15, state minister of defense Premitha…
China gifted 3,000 metric tons of Tibet’s glacial water to the island nation of the Maldives in two separate batches in March and May —…
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi faced on June 5 the prospects of a far tougher-than-expected third term after his party failed to secure an outright…
Scores of people staged a small protest in the Pakistan-administered region of Kashmir on June 4, an AFP journalist said, as Hindu nationalist Prime Minister…
The Commerce Ministries of Pakistan and Afghanistan have agreed to implement the mechanism of Temporary Admission Document (TAD) to streamline and regulate the movement of…
Vote counting began in India's election June 4, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi all but assured a triumph for his Hindu nationalist drive that has…
A Pakistan high court on June 3 overturned a treason conviction against jailed former prime minister Imran Khan, months after his party was sidelined in…
Two suspected rebels were killed in a firefight with soldiers in Indian-administered Kashmir, police said on June 3, weeks after the disputed, mostly Muslim territory…
In the factory where Aysha Talukder Tanisa stitches jeans and children’s clothes for Western brands, the cooling system has been no match for Bangladesh’s longest…
A top opponent of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi vowed to keep fighting "dictatorship" before he returned to jail on June 2, following elections widely…
India saw nearly 25,000 cases of suspected heat stroke and 56 people lost their lives after several heat wave days across the country from March-May,…
Flash floods, mudslides and falling trees have killed at least 14 people in Sri Lanka as the island nation is battered by monsoon storms, the…
The Maldivian government has decided to amend its laws to ban Israeli nationals from entering the country, local media cited Minister of Homeland Security and…
A mild heatwave was sweeping parts of Bangladesh including the capital Dhaka and it may continue, the country's weather agency said on June 2. According…
India's Hindu-nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi looked set to win a third straight landslide election victory on June 1 at the close of a six-week…
At least 33 people, including election officials on duty, died of suspected heat stroke in India's states of Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Odisha on May…
Pakistan's Planning Ministry said on May 31 that the economic outlook for the next year was positive, with a growth target of 3.6%, while inflation…
At least 20 people were killed when a boat sank while crossing a river in eastern Afghanistan on the morning of June 1, a Taliban…
