At least three teams of polio workers came under attack in the last three days, killing two police officers who were on duty for the protection of the teams in Pakistan’s northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

The Sri Lankan government has reportedly prepared a roadmap to repair its ties with India, which came under significant strain over multiple issues, including the growing proximity of the island nation to China

Amid the continued threat posed by the Covid-19 Delta variant, over ten million people received the first dose of Covid vaccines in Sri Lanka, which received praise from the World Health Organization (WHO) for the national immunization drive

Days after Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said that the Afghan Taliban won’t allow ISIS in Afghanistan, raising eyebrows in many capitals, Pakistan clarified that they have no favorites among Afghans and the statement was “misconstrued” by the media

Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday launched e-RUPI --  his government's novel digital payment solution for delivery of health and welfare services -  which, for now, will be used to push the nationwide vaccination drive

In an escalation of the row over what is seen as Pakistan’s insidious move to organize a cricket tournament in territory that is at the heart of its decades-old dispute with India, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has written to the game’s apex body, the International Cricket Council (ICC), not to recognize the Twenty20 Kashmir Premier League (KPL)

Nepal has launched an inquiry into the alleged involvement of Securities Board of Nepal Chairperson Bhisma Raj Dhungana and Nepal Stock Exchange Chief Executive Officer Chandra Singh Saud in insider trading

As Afghanistan is plunged in a civil war between government forces and the marauding Taliban, the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission  (AIHRC) said at least 1,677 civilians were killed and 3,644 were wounded in the first six months of this year, a whopping 80 percent increase in relation to the same period last year

Kandahar airport in southern Afghanistan was attacked last night when at least rockets hit its airfield, bringing all fight operations to a halt

Nepal has sought Covid-19 vaccines from Bhutan, a country known for one of the most successful Covid-19 vaccination drives, with 90 percent of its 18 plus population having received both doses of vaccines

Bhutan has become the first South Asian country to start vaccinating its children against the Covid-19 virus

Bangladesh has received investment proposals worth around USD 20.13 billion from 153 investors, including those from China and Japan, for its first planned industrial city which it wants to develop as a world-class business and industrial center

A United Nations office in western Afghanistan came under fire and one of its Afghan guards was killed and other guards were injured as fighting between the Taliban and the Afghan security forces intensified

The first batch of Afghan refugees--more than 200 in number, mostly children--who were at risk of facing retribution from the emboldened Taliban reached the United States this week, with US President Biden saying he was proud to welcome them

An increasing number of doctors and health workers in Sri Lanka are being infected with the Covid-19 despite being fully vaccinated in recent days, hitting the country’s response which is already battling the deadly outbreak of the Delta variant