At least five soldiers of the Pakistani security forces have been killed in two attacks-- including an IED explosion targeting a security force vehicle - in the northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, authorities confirmed

A high-level Taliban delegation led by Deputy Prime Minister of Afghanistan's interim government, Abdul Salam Hanafi, on Wednesday met with an Indian delegation during which the Indian side expressed its readiness to provide extensive humanitarian assistance to the war-torn country, which is now ruled by the insurgent group, PTI news agency reported

India-Sri Lanka ties are getting stronger and stronger across different sectors and this augurs well for the people of the two nations, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Wednesday after meeting Sri Lankan Youth and Sports Minister Namal Rajapaksa

The Taliban, the new rulers of Afghanistan, praised its suicide bombers who died during the war in the last twenty years, fighting against the former government and its Western allies, and has offered their families and relatives sums of cash and promise of land

Over 90 people have been killed and thousands displaced as unseasonal heavy rain in northern India and Nepal caused floods and landslides, affecting several districts and key roads, highways, and damaging homes and bridges, media reports showed

India is ranked at 71st position in the Global Food Security (GFS) Index 2021 of 113 countries, but the country lags behind its neighbours Pakistan and Sri Lanka in terms food affordability, according to a report

India’s R-value, which reflects how rapidly the coronavirus pandemic is spreading, has remained below 1 since September, suggesting that the infection rate is declining, according to a study

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday inaugurated the Kushinagar International Airport in the district which is the final resting place of Lord Buddha. The inaugural flight, carrying a Sri Lankan delegation, headed by Sri Lankan Minister for Youth and Sports Namal Rajapaksa, including over 100 Buddhist monks, landed this morning

Russia is not ready to recognize the Taliban for now, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said, adding Moscow will work with other countries to provide humanitarian aid to Afghanistan

An Indian fisherman went missing on Monday night after the boat he was in collided with a Sri Lankan Navy vessel near Neduntheevu, a statement from the navy confirmed, adding two fishermen, who were also in the boat, were rescued by them

In what appears to be a significant political development, the Maldives Police Service has been removed from the oversight of the country's home ministry, showed a leaked order from the Office of the President reported by Sun news

On a rainy morning in Srinagar, three children of Vikas Choudhary, a labourer from Bihar, are shivering in the cold as they wait for a taxi to leave Srinagar, Kashmir - upending a life of 18 years

Zalmay Khalilzad, who negotiated the 2020 Doha Deal with the Taliban, resigned on Tuesday--almost two months after the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan--as the US special representative for Afghanistan reconciliation, the US State Department confirmed

The opposition alliance in Pakistan, known as the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), will launch nationwide protests, starting from Wednesday, pressing the government-led Prime Minister Imran Khan for a range of demands, including early general elections

The Taliban government needs to seek internal legitimacy first for it to gain international recognition, former Afghan president Hamid Karzai said, advising the guerilla group, which seized power militarily two months back, to respect the "will of the people" and to "hold Loya Jirga", a traditional grand assembly of village elders