Asia/South Asia

India's Central Bureau of Investigation has filed charges against 13 people in connection with leaked question papers for the national medical college entrance test, days after youth-led protests over the scandal forced the education minist...

Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said Myanmar has agreed to take 5,000 Rohingya asylum seekers currently in Malaysia, where there has recently been tension between the refugees and local communities. Speaking at a campaign rally on W...

UN experts on Wednesday called for urgent action to support the humanitarian response to the hosting of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, recognising the shared responsibility of the international community. “Statelessness affecting R...

The death toll in the ongoing floods in India's northeastern state of Assam has risen to 75, with another eight people still missing, officials said Wednesday. According to Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, Sivasagar district repor...

India has set an ambitious goal of expanding its navy to more than 200 warships over the next decade as it seeks to counter China's rapidly growing naval power and Pakistan's acquisition of advanced Chinese-built attack submarines. The mov...

Malaysia should reconsider whether to allow the UN refugee agency to operate in the country unless it imposes stricter controls on issuing refugee ​documents, state media cited the foreign minister as saying on Tuesday. Minister Mohamad &z...

The US military has paused strikes on Iran, local media reported, though explanations for the halt remain divergent. CNN quoted a Pentagon source as saying operations were "on hold," without specifying the duration. CBS News, citing two re...

Preliminary registration for Hajj 2027 will begin on Monday and continue until September 24, with intending pilgrims required to complete the process within the stipulated period. The schedule has been announced in line with the Hajj roadm...