Former Maldives president Mohamed Nasheed remained in intensive care on Saturday (May 8) as security services stepped up the hunt for the attackers, who allegedly used a remote control bomb on the democracy pioneer and climate activist.

Across the border from a devastating surge in India, doctors in Nepal warned Friday of a major crisis as daily coronavirus cases hit a record and hospitals were running out of beds and oxygen.

Former Maldives president Mohamed Nasheed was injured in a blast outside his home today, local media reported.

Four Pakistani soldiers were killed and six others were wounded along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border yesterday in an ambush by militants from Afghanistan, Pakistan’s military said, as the soldiers were doing controversial border fencing work.

All long-term pass holders and short-term visitors who have been in Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka in the last two weeks will no longer be allowed to enter or transit through Singapore, Education Minister Lawrence Wong announced on Friday (April 30).

India has firmly backed the ASEAN summit’s latest initiatives to help resolve Myanmar's political crisis.

China has initiated a new platform for South Asia focusing on Covid cooperation and post-pandemic economic recovery as the region faces severe vaccine shortage amid rising cases of coronavirus that’s pushing millions of people into poverty, officials said.

At least four people were killed and a dozen others wounded when a bomb exploded at a top hotel hosting the Chinese ambassador in southwestern Pakistan, officials said late Wednesday.

Pakistan's foreign minister has welcomed mediation efforts by the United Arab Emirates between his country and India but told UAE newspaper Khaleej Times that he was not planning to meet his Indian counterpart in the country.

Eight members of the same family were gunned down in an attack on a mosque in eastern Afghanistan, officials said yesterday.

The UN said Thursday it will maintain its political and humanitarian mission to Afghanistan despite the departure of US and Nato troops later this year.

Indian Home Minister Amit Shah’s remarks that “the poor in Bangladesh still go hungry” has upset Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen.

The Editors Guild of India today urged the Indian government to declare journalists as frontline workers and ensure priority vaccination for them amid a rise in coronavirus cases.

The United Arab Emirates’ envoy to Washington confirmed the Gulf state is mediating between India and Pakistan to help the nuclear-armed rivals reach a “healthy and functional” relationship.

India and China today held the 11th round of corps commander talks to iron out differences over the next phase of disengagement in Eastern Ladakh.

A panel of Indian experts is investigating if there are any domestic cases of blood clotting, even mild ones, as a side effect of the two Covid-19 vaccines being administered in the country.

Chief of Army Staff of Indian Army Gen Manoj Mukund Naravane arrived in Dhaka this morning on a five-day visit, on invitation from Gen Aziz Ahmed, Chief of Army Staff, Bangladesh Army.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday sent a letter of thanks to Bangladesh’s agriculture minister Muhammad Abdur Razzaque for playing role of the minister-in-waiting during the premiere’s recent visit to the country.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has conveyed his thanks to Dhaka for making “excellent arrangements” during his two-day state visit, from March 26.

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani will put forward a three-phase peace roadmap for Afghanistan during a proposed meeting in Turkey, seeking an agreement with the Taliban and a ceasefire before elections, a document seen by Reuters shows.