Sri Lanka鈥檚 leftist government asked former presidents, including the once-powerful Rajapaksa brothers, on Tuesday to immediately vacate luxury government bungalows as part of a new austerity drive....
The Taliban government said on Tuesday it had released two American citizens from prison in return for an Afghan fighter held in the United States, in a deal brokered by Qatar.
The rapist and murderer of an Indian doctor was sentenced to life in prison on Monday for a gruesome crime that sparked nationwide protests and widespread hospital strikes last year...
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 on Sunday...
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.
A Pakistan court convicted former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi in a graft case on Friday, sentencing Khan to 14 years in prison.
Indian security forces shot dead at least 12 Maoist rebels in central India, police said, as New Delhi steps up efforts to quell the long-running insurgency....
India docked two satellites in space Thursday, a key milestone for the country鈥檚 dreams of a space station and manned Moon mission, the space agency said...
Nepal鈥檚 Supreme Court has scrapped controversial laws allowing hydropower and hotel projects in protected nature reserves, a lawyer said Thursday, calling it a win for the Himalayan republic鈥檚 conservationists.
Prime minister Narendra Modi said on Wednesday the launch of two Indian-made warships and a submarine was key to its 鈥榪uest towards self-reliance鈥� as New Delhi bolsters defence against regional rivals...
Imran Khan, Pakistan鈥檚 most popular politician, is facing a 14-year prison term this month in a case his party says is being used to pressure him into silence...
Indian troops killed at least five Maoist guerillas in the latest push to crush the long-running insurgency, with a separate bomb blast wounding two policemen, officers said on Sunday...
Vast crowds of Hindu pilgrims in India began bathing in sacred waters on Monday as the Kumbh Mela festival opened, with organisers expecting 400 million people 鈥� the largest gathering of humanity...
A Myanmar junta air strike killed at least 15 civilians and wounded 10 others at a market in a gold-mining area in northern Kachin state, a spokesman for an ethnic rebel group that controls the area said on Sunday...
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai urged Muslim leaders on Sunday not to legitimise the Afghan Taliban government and to 鈥榮how true leadership鈥� over their assault on women鈥檚 rights.