The World Bank, which has committed funds for vaccines, has advised the Nepal government to also procure vaccines available on payment from COVAX

Afghan security forces have pushed off the Taliban offensive to capture Naw-e-Kala city, a key provincial center in northwestern Afghanistan, media reports say

Two "foreign terrorists from Pakistan" were shot dead in a firefight along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir, an Indian defence spokesperson said

Bengaluru Police has arrested 12 people, 11 of them Bangladeshis, in connection with the brutal gangrape and torture case of a woman from Bangladesh, which had come to light after a video of the incident went viral last May, triggering widespread outrage

Prime Minister Narendra Modi met his expanded Council of Ministers and told them that there is no space for complacency in regards to the  COVID situation in the country

The Sikh community in India's Jammu and Kashmir region are welcoming Hindus and Sikhs from the neighbouring Islamic nations to settle with them in the valley post the enactment of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the repeal of Article 370

Keeping up the tirade against India, Pakistan President Arif Alvi has accused New Delhi of "supporting militancy and terrorism" in Afghanistan and using the neighboring country's soil for hybrid warfare in Pakistan

Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa has said that his country shared a "deep spirit of brotherhood" with Qatar, which is being transformed into an enduring partnership, the military’s media wing said in a statement

Only a week into July, Bangladesh has reported more than 60,000 new cases of Covid, raising fears that it could turn out to be the worst month for the country since the viral infection broke out 16 months back

Delegations of both the Taliban and the Afghan government have said in a joint declaration on Thursday in Tehran that war is not the solution to the Afghan problem and that “a peaceful solution should be sought.”

Tajikistan said it can’t manage the security situation along the border with Afghanistan without external assistance and has appealed to member nations of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), a Russia-led military alliance

INS Sharda, a patrol ship of the Indian Navy, has reached the Maldives on Thursday to mark the conclusion of a joint maritime exercise that the Maldives National Defense Force and Indian Coastguard are holding in the Indian Ocean

Bangladesh is likely to receive a million doses of Astra-Zeneca Covid vaccines from the European Union,  Foreign Minister AK Abdul Monin said, adding the supply would be routed through the WHO’s COVAX

Bangladesh is yet to control the second Covid wave and the rising dengue cases are posing another challenge to its already strained health infrastructure which is operating almost on the edge

Exporters in Bangladesh are struggling as ports across the country are facing a shortage of empty containers, which is hampering their shipments to markets in the US and the European Union