Hotter, drier weather is impeding rice and palm-oil production as households across Southeast Asia struggle with higher fuel, food and transport costs

It did not say how many people were on board at the time, or whether there were any survivors

Prosecutors argued that he sent drones to Pyongyang create a pretext for his martial law declaration in 2024

It was the second reported US attack on a merchant vessel with predominately Indian crew this week

India is working to ensure “not a single drop of water” will flow into neighbouring Pakistan, the water minister has said, after New Delhi suspended a major treaty last year.

Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants killed six paramilitary personnel and abducted eight others during an attack on a checkpoint in northwestern Pakistan, security officials said yesterday.

After a revolt of TMC MLAs against Mamata Banerjee in West Bengal, at least 21 party MPs from the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha are likely to switch their loyalty to the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA).

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