India and China have agreed to push for a mutually acceptable resolution of other friction points at Gogra, Hot Springs and Depsang along the Line of Actual Control in Ladakh in a steady and orderly manner

Fresh COVID-19 cases continue to show an upward trend over the past one week

India has strongly supported the candidature of Maldives' foreign minister Abdulla Shahid for president of the 76th session of the UN General Assembly next year

Pakistan President Arif Alvi on Saturday urged the political leadership of France “not to entrench the discriminatory attitudes against Muslims into laws” and warned that such steps would lead to serious repercussions in the shape of hatred and conflict

South Asians for Human Rights (SAHR), a regional network of human rights defenders, expressed concern over the timing and purpose of Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s two-day visit to Sri Lanka on Monday

A US Congresswoman from New York, Grace Meng, has announced she has reintroduced a measure in the US Congress to promote International Mother Language Day, a holiday that holds special significance to Bangladesh and those of Bangladeshi descent

Russian Presidential Envoy for Afghanistan, Zamir Kabulov, and US Centcom chief  Gen Kenneth McKenzie visited Islamabad over the weeend amid the stalled Afghan Peace Process and uncertainty over the withdrawal of foreign forces from Afghanistan

The Sri Lankan government may impose a ban on the retail sale of cigarettes and 180ml quarter bottles of liquor, reported News 1st

The National Drought Mon­itoring Centre, part of the Pakistan Mete­orological Department (PMD), has warned that drought-like conditions currently prevailing in parts of Sindh and Balochistan may exacerbate and cause water stress in cultivated lands due to limited supply of irrigation water for Rabi crops

Five soldiers were killed and another was injured when terrorists attacked a security check-post in the Sara Rogha area of South Waziristan tribal district late on Thursday night, the police said

Nepal has conveyed to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Nepal, Carolin Spannuth Verma, that it wanted to manage the Bhutanese refugee issue in a timely manner

The coronavirus pandemic devastated economies around the world

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, along with a high-level delegation, including Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, is set to begin his two-day visit to Sri Lanka, Dawn reported

The Core group of the United Nations Human Rights Councils on Sri Lanka recognized and welcomed Sri Lanka’s efforts but added more needs to be done

Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Mexico became the only three countries that have registered a growth in inward remittances flow in 2020 - a year that saw devastated economies around the world and unprecedented job losses