Eight workers have been killed and seven others injured after a massive blast tore through an ordnance factory in the Bhandara district of India’s Maharashtra, reports NDTV. "In Bhandara, at the ordnance factory, a major mishap has taken place, resulting in the death of eight people and
India’s Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri will visit Beijing on Jan. 26-27 to discuss steps to boost ties with China, as the Asian neighbours revive relations that were strained since a deadly military clash on their disputed frontier in 2020. New Delhi and Beijing reached a milestone pact in O
India’s powerful human rights watchdog has admonished labor officials for failure to adequately investigate evidence of employment discrimination at Foxconn, which makes Apple iPhones, and told them to re-examine the matter, documents show. The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) in June
Pakistan's opposition said Thursday the government is seeking to further suppress freedom of speech a day after it proposed sweeping controls on social media that could include blocking platforms and sending users to prison for spreading disinformation. The Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act, int
The office of Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has issued new guidelines to ministers and deputy ministers, capping the size of their staff, vehicle use, and other expenses in a bid to reduce government spending. The instructions issued on Jan. 21 were released to the media on Thursda
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.1 struck Zamboanga del Norte province in the southern Philippines on Thursday morning, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology reported. The institute said the quake, which occurred at 11:41 am local time, hit at a depth of 32 kilomete
A Chinese man was killed in northeastern Afghanistan, a Taliban police spokesman said Wednesday. The killing of foreigners is rare in the country, especially since the withdrawal of foreign troops in 2021. Police spokesman Mohammed Akbar, in Takhar province, said the man was killed Tuesday night b
Afghans who fled after the Taliban seized power appealed Wednesday to President Donald Trump to exempt them from an order suspending the relocation of refugees to the United States, some saying they risked their lives to support US troops. An estimated 15,000 Afghans are waiting to be reloca
Indian security forces shot dead at least 14 armed rebels called "Naxals" in the country's central state of Chhattisgarh, confirmed federal Home (Internal Security) Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday. The encounter between the security personnel and the Naxals took place in Chhattisgarh's Gariaband dis
Lawmakers in Pakistan's most populous Punjab province on Tuesday passed a law permanently banning kite flying. The measure, which includes enhanced prison terms and heavy fines on kite fliers and kite manufacturers, comes ahead of the decades-old festival of Basant. A ban on kite flying was initi
A 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck southern Taiwan early Tuesday, leaving 27 people with minor injuries and some reported damage. The quake hit at 12:17 am and was centred 38 kilometres (24 miles) southeast of Chiayi County Hall at a depth of 10 kilometres (6.0 miles), Taiwan’s Central Weathe
Palestinian Emergency Services said on Monday that a search is underway for thousands of Palestinians believed buried under rubble, as Gaza's residents expressed shock at the devastation on the second day of a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. The truce in the 15-month-old war, which has laid wa
A Kolkata court on Monday sentenced Sanjay Roy to life imprisonment for the rape and murder of a 31-year-old doctor at the state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital. The court also imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 and directed the West Bengal government to provide Rs 1.7 million as compensation to
