Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan and his British counterpart Boris Johnson held a telephonic conversation where the two leaders discussed Afghanistan, climate change among other issues of bilateral importance

Around 300,000  people who got their first dose of vaccines earlier in Pakistan have not turned up for the second dose vaccines since the vaccination drive started in the country on 2 February this year

Bowing to political and public pressure,  Prime Minister Narendra Modi said his government will provide free vaccines to people above 18 from June 21

At least 20 people were killed and 14 seriously injured after being struck by lightning in three districts of West Bengal on Monday evening, reports said

Bonhams, the world’s oldest and largest auctioneer of fine arts and antiques in France, last week called off a planned auction of five 600-year-old stolen Nepali antiquities after facing flak from Nepali journalists, activists, governments, and UNESCO

More than ten turtles, a dolphin, seabirds and several fish have been washed ashore dead in what is turning out to be an environmental disaster in South Asia after the fire tragedy involving the Singapore-registered container ship MV X-Press Pearl in Sri Lankan waters off capital Colombo, media reports said quoting wildlife experts

Leading American business magazine Forbes has praised the Pakistan government for its success in reviving the country’s economy which is expected to grow at 4 percent despite the Covid 19 pandemic

Bangladesh has intensified negotiations with Russia to procure five million doses of Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine soon

Only 33 enterprises have received Rs 420 million credit under the Nepal government’s scheme to provide subsidized credits to micro, small and medium enterprises and tourism enterprises affected by the pandemic

Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Monday said the federal government was working on transforming Pakistan's geopolitics to a policy of geoeconomics

In what seems a change of stance driven possibly by the current domestic political situation, Nepal's Prime Minister K P Oli has said that he had "resolved” misunderstandings with India, and the two countries should move forward

As the cases of coronavirus infections remain unchecked in Sri Lanka, the government cut short a week-long parliament session, scheduled to start on Tuesday, to just a one-day sitting

The United States will continue to support the Afghan government and Afghan Security and Defense Forces (ANSDF), assured the US peace envoy for Afghanistan, Zalmay Khalilzad in a one-day visit to Kabul

The Taliban, the main Afghan insurgent group, has given assurance of the safety of interpreters who had worked for foreign militaries during the 20 years of their stay in the war-torn country

India recorded 100,636 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, as per the Ministry of Health released data on Monday. This is the lowest daily case recorded in the past 61 days