Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has asked Information and Broadcasting Minister Murad Hassan to resign from the cabinet after a controversy erupted over his abusive and derogatory remarks on women

India and Russia on Monday emphasized the steadiness and diversity of their strategic partnership, which Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi called a "truly a unique and trusted model of inter-state friendship," as Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin held their annual bilateral summit talks in New Delhi Monday preceded by the inaugural 2+2 dialogue between their defence and foreign ministers

The Indian government has been left red-faced, with Home Minister Amit Shah having to express regret in Parliament,  after a special unit of the Indian Army opened fire on a vehicle carrying coal miners in the Mon district of Nagaland, in remote northeastern India, killing six people

Political instability in Afghanistan will lead to the destabilization in other nations, Qatar’s Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani has said

The barbaric Sialkot lynching incident by an Islamist mob should not be linked to Prime Minister Imran Khan's decision to lift the ban on the hardline Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), said Defence Minister Pervez Khattak while blaming the emotions of young people as a reason for such incidents

As India and Bangladesh commemorate 50 years of ties by observing the day as Friendship Day,  Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he looks forward to continuing working with Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina to further expand and deepen bilateral ties

Women activists in the Afghanistan capital here held a demonstration  demanding their inclusion by the Taliban in the government formation

Bhutan, which currently exports all of its farm produce to India and neighboring countries, has been making efforts to expand export markets for its agricultural produce

Former Maldivian president Abdullah Yameen, whose conviction in a money laundering case was recently quashed by the top court, has been planning to leave the country, the Maldivian government alleged in a court, seeking a ban on his foreign travel as he faces other pending corruption cases

Religious extremism and terrorism pose a threat to the region, Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said, adding "coordinated efforts" are needed to tackle these challenges

United States, European Union and 20 other countries expressed their concern in a joint statement over the "summary killings" of former security personnel in Afghanistan

A new video of the barbaric Sialkot lynching incident in Pakistan has surfaced showing that a colleague had tried to save the Sri Lankan manager from the Islamist mob that was baying for his blood

The consequences of China’s growing capabilities, and the sharpening of tensions on territorial issues across the breadth of Asia, with question marks now on agreements and understandings of yesteryears, are among reasons that stress the importance of establishing a multipolar Asia as a foundation of a multipolar world, Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said

The State Bank of Pakistan has received a much-awaited $3 billion deposit from the Saudi Fund for Development

The United States has welcomed the Taliban’s recent announcement of banning forced marriages of adult women among other marriage-related regulations but added that more steps are needed to ensure women’s greater participation in society