Nemat Rawan, former TOLO news anchor and a media official at the Ministry of Finance, who was killed by gunmen in Afghanistan's  Kandahar on Thursday has been laid to rest, media reports said

The Nepal government has said there was no possibility of importing five million doses of Covid-19 vaccines from India soon, The Himalayan Times reported

Pakistan and Saudi Arabia have decided to form a Supreme Coordination Council for close coordination between the two countries, Dawn reported

Sri Lanka has condemned the terrorist attack on former President of Maldives Mohamed Nasheed, and expressed solidarity with the island nation’s people and government

Sri Lanka has approved the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use and prepared a purchase order for five million doses, an official said

The USA and the UK have co-founded a USD 297,000 advocacy project to reduce pollution caused by different rivers in Bangladesh’s Dhaka district

Former Maldives president Mohamed Nasheed was critical and in intensive care on Saturday after being wounded in an explosion that occurred on Thursday evening just outside his home, media reports said

Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi has said his nation will contribute  USD 50 million in additional grant aid to help India fight the deadly second wave of the COVID-19 virus

The European Investment Bank (EIB) has made an emergency donation of 250,000 euros to ensure the country's better access to life-saving equipment, medicines and oxygen, said media reports. The announcement of the donation from bank's own funds was made by EIB president Werner Hoyer, IBNS said

Indian Navy on Friday said that it has deployed its ships INS Talwar, INS Kolkata, INS Airavat, INS Kochi, INS Tabar, INS Trikand, INS Jalashwa and INS Shardul to ferry oxygen containers, cylinders, concentrators and related equipment from friendly foreign countries

A deadly third wave of COVID-19 can be avoided if adequate measures are taken, the Indian government's top scientific adviser said Friday, after warning the country to brace for the fresh wave two days ago

The Taliban Islamist movement will cease hostilities in Afghanistan for three days after Eid al-Fitr, the holiday that marks the end of the Ramadan holy month, a source close to the group told Sputnik

Pakistan this week sealed the Torkham land crossing with Afghanistan in an attempt to control the passage of new variants of the coronavirus into the country

Pakistan's Quetta city witnessed protests recently after the Eagle Squad of Balochistan Police allegedly opened fire on the car being driven by a 22-year-old youth, killing him on Wednesday night in Quetta, media reports said

Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, in talks with British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, explored strategic convergence across regions and discussed priority areas for further progress in health, trade, climate, defence and security