US sanctions Hong Kong leader and other officials

As well as Carrie Lam, the sanctions target Hong Kong Police commissioner Chris Tang and his predecessor Stephen Lo; John Lee Ka-chiu, Hong Kong's secretary of security, and Teresa Cheng, the justice secretary.

Plane skids off runway and breaks apart in India, killing several

The heavy monsoon resulted in low visibility and a wet landing conditions, which now complicate rescue efforts.

Why Pakistan blames Saudi Arabia and the OIC for Kashmir setback

Angered by Indian belligerence, Islamabad wants Muslims countries to do more in highlighting the plight of Kashmiri Muslims. Experts say, however, its own response is lacking.

Heavy monsoon triggers fatal mudslide in India

India's southwesterly monsoon has hit western parts of the country with heavy, persistent rain, leaving widespread disruption and flooded roads and buildings.

Kabul opens traditional council to discuss release of 400 Taliban prisoners

The talks will decide what a peaceful Afghanistan might look like, which constitutional changes will be made, how the rights of women and minorities will be protected and the fate of heavily armed men on both sides of the conflict.

Rajapaksa alliance wins by landslide in Sri Lanka parliamentary election

Close to 70 percent of eligible Sri Lankans voted in Wednesday's election to elect a 225-member parliament, shrugging off coronavirus fears.

Hiroshima marks 75 years since US atomic bombing

On August 6, 1945, the world's first atomic bombing by the United States hit the Japanese city of Hiroshima and killed 140,000 people.

Sri Lankans vote for new parliament in big numbers despite pandemic

Sri Lankans vote in large numbers despite the Covid-19 pandemic as the ruling Rajapaksa brothers sought to expand their mandate through the virus-delayed parliamentary polls.

Kashmiris mark #BlackDay anniversary of lost autonomy under curfew

Pakistan's PM Imran Khan accuses India of being an "oppressor and aggressor" after New Delhi placed the disputed region under the strictest lockdown for the anniversary, with a heavy deployment of troops and barricades of barbed wire.

India's Modi lays foundation for Hindu temple at site of demolished mosque

The site at Ayodhya, and divided Kashmir, are two of the most divisive communal issues facing India in the past 30 years, with PM Narendra Modi attempting to draw a line under both.

ByteDance defends strategy after Trump calls for US ownership of TikTok

China accuses the United States of "bullying" over the popular video app TikTok's handling of user data after President Donald Trump ramped up pressure for its US operations to be sold to an American company.

India’s new law stokes fear of engineered demographic change in Kashmir

The decision by India's Hindu nationalist government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to annul Kashmir’s long-held semi-autonomous powers have amplified fears of engineering a demographic change in India's only Muslim-majority region.