The United States has lifted sanctions on several allies of Myanmar鈥檚 ruling general and their military-linked firms, a US Treasury notice shows, after the junta chief sent a glowing letter of praise to president Donald Trump.
Almost half of the 266 deaths linked to Pakistan鈥檚 heavier-than-normal monsoon rains were children on their national school holidays, officials said Friday.
Thailand鈥檚 acting prime minister Phumtham Wechayachai warned Friday that cross-border clashes with Cambodia that have uprooted more than 1,30,000 people 鈥榗ould develop into war鈥�, as the countries traded deadly strikes for a second day.
Part of the roof and walls of a government-run school collapsed in western India, killing at least seven children and injuring 26 others on Friday, police said.
The United Nations said Thursday that Taliban authorities were committing human rights violations, including torture and arbitrary detention, against Afghans forced to return by Iran and Pakistan.
An elderly British couple detained for months in Afghanistan are receiving medical care, the Taliban government鈥檚 top diplomat said Wednesday, after UN experts warned they were at risk of dying...
A Myanmar junta drone targeting anti-coup fighters crashed over the border in Thailand, the kingdom鈥檚 military said, prompting an official rebuke over hazardous spillover from the civil war....
A landslide triggered by torrential monsoon rains swept away cars in mountainous northern Pakistan, killing at least five people, with more vehicles buried under the debris, officials said Tuesday...
Sri Lanka鈥檚 police chief is set to be sacked, the country鈥檚 speaker of parliament announced Tuesday after he was found guilty of heading a criminal network at an impeachment hearing...
Sri Lanka\'s independent regulator has sacked a senior police officer for failing to prevent the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings, which killed 279 people including 45 foreigners...
Myanmar鈥檚 junta chief on Saturday attended annual commemorations for the country鈥檚 assassinated independence hero for the first time since the military seized power more than four years ago...
A glitch in Malaysia鈥檚 self-service border control machines has hit tens of thousands of travellers, the immigration department estimated Saturday, causing delays at the capital鈥檚 airport and land crossings...
Myanmar鈥檚 junta said Friday it is offering cash rewards to fighters willing to desert armed groups defying its rule and 鈥榬eturn to the legal fold鈥� ahead of a slated election.
Lightning strikes during monsoon storms in eastern India this week killed at least 33 people and injured dozens, officials said Friday.
