Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar held significant discussions on Tuesday with leaders of France, whose relations with the United States is fraying over Washington's actions in the region

Sri Lanka, which fast-tracked the Covid vaccination drive amid its worst-ever virus surge, has recently opened up vaccines to its young population aged between 20 to 29 years, but the plan seems to have hit a roadblock as youngsters are refusing to take vaccines

The Taliban on Tuesday announced new appointments, all male and mostly deputies ministers,  for their interim government and included two powerful field commanders from the group’s southern stronghold to balance what many calls regional power dynamics within the group

Bangladesh Institute of Nuclear Agriculture (BINA) and one of its leading woman scientists have been awarded by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

Notwithstanding numerous reports of its backseat driving in Afghanistan since the Taliban captured power, Pakistan said on Tuesday it is no hurry to recognize the Taliban administration and advised the regime to be more sensitive to international norms

The UK government's decision to not recognise Covishield as a legitimate anti-Covid vaccine is "discriminatory" and it is within the country's "right to take reciprocal measures" if the matter was not resolved, India's Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla warned Tuesday, saying this move impacts Indian citizens travelling to that country

Three days after New Zealand pulled out its team without playing the series, English cricket officials also “reluctantly” decided to withdraw their men and women teams that were scheduled to play to limited over series, citing “increasing concerns.”

India's External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar raised with Britain's new Foreign Secretary Elizabeth Truss her country's rules that require vaccinated Indian travellers to be quarantined - which Indians see as discriminatory - and urged an early resolution of the issue

A little over a month after a Hindu temple was vandalized in Pakistan,  a farm worker's family from the minority community was allegedly tortured and held hostage for “violating the sanctity” of a village mosque after they obtained water from its tap

Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal Bin Farhan Al Saud has said that Afghanistan's stability was of utmost concern to the international community and the country should not become a source of transnational terrorism

In what will be good news for many countries around the world, India will resume the export and gifting of surplus vaccines from next month, Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya announced on Monday

Indian politicians Shashi Tharoor and Jairam Ramesh, both belonging to the opposition Congress party,  Monday spoke out against the UK government’s decision to consider people vaccinated in India, Africa, South America and several other countries as unvaccinated, and make them go through a 10-day quarantine

Educated women protested in Kabul over the apparent ban the Taliban has put on girls from attending secondary schools where boys have been allowed to resume their learning

With the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan a month ago, Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan al Saud met on Sunday with India External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar in New Delhi and discussed the situation in that country and the region

Independent journalists in Afghanistan will “just disappear”, warned the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), a global trade union of media workers, as over 153 media outlets ceased their operations since the Taliban take over in the country last month, and the prospect of an independent media looks “bleak”