One of the four terrorists involved in the terror attack on Sikhs in Kabul was a 30-year-old shopkeeper who had fled along with 14 other youths from Kerala to join the Islamic State (ISIS) four years ago

Friday congregations were not held in most mosques across the Kashmir Valley in the wake of coronavirus threat. There were no congregations in Jama Masjid, Naqashband Sahib and Dastgeer Sahib shrines in Srinagar

India's aviation regulator DGCA has extended the suspension of domestic flights by a fortnight till April 14 in view of the ongoing 21-day nationwide lockdown due to the coronavirus crisis

The Maldives government has confirmed that a local has been tested positive for the highly-contagious COVID-19 virus

In a bid to contain the COVID-19 spread, Afghanistan will soon release at least 10,000 prisoners over the age of 55 years, officials said

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI), India's central bank, Friday massively reduced the key lending rates in response to the Covid-19 outbreak

The Islamic Foundation of Bangladesh  has urged Muslims to limit their presence during Juma prayers at mosques to stem the spread of the coronavirus

The Ministry of Health and Population has decided to provide one million rupees each to 25 hub hospitals across the country to run fever clinics

Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli was taken to Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital on Thursday night following health complications

Sri Lanka extended a work from home period to April 03, and has slapped indefinite coronavirus curfews on three districts with authorities making a final effort to stop any remaining unidentified carriers infecting others

Ten million people belonging to low-income groups will get a Rs12,000 four-month stipend in a lump sum under Prime Minister Imran Khan’s relief package announced by the federal government on Tuesday to mitigate adverse impact of coronavirus on their family budget

Pakistan's Sindh and Balochistan provinces have banned congregational prayers at mosques in an effort to contain the coronavirus pandemic, it was reported on Friday

The federal and provincial governments of Pakistan have decided to seal the areas where new cases of coronavirus were reported, as the addition of over 100 cases from across the country has taken the overall number of infections to 1,193, the media reported on Friday

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has released a list of 20 representatives to negotiate with the Taliban, an important step towards the much-awaited intra-Afghan talks, a media report said

The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) on Thursday welcomed and supported an appeal from the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres for immediate ceasefire to fight the COVID-19 outbreak in the country