The Latest Breaking News from South Asia

Thailand and India have taken seven-and-a-half decades to transform their close historical and cultural ties into a more strategic trajectory. It is not an easy task as their leaders have been all too comfortable with their longstanding friendly and relatively trouble-free ties. However, the recent three-day high-profile visit of Indian…

Japan is seeking to organise a Sri Lanka creditors' conference, hoping it could help solve the South Asia nation's debt crisis, but uncertainties cloud the outlook for any talks, three people with knowledge of the planning said.

With global inflation rising and the fear of fuel and food crises looming large, clouds are gathering on the economic horizon of South Asian countries. Sri Lanka in particular remains mired in a crisis driven by a mix of high indebtedness, soaring inflation and poor economic management.

Police in the US state of New Mexico said Saturday they are investigating the murders of three Muslim men that they suspect are related to a fourth homicide from last year. The Albuquerque police department said in a statement they had found the latest victim overnight Friday. They did not…

About a month and a half before the next Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, the work on finalising its agenda is picking up steam. Apart from being of interest as the high table of the world’s largest regional grouping by geographical size and population, the summit will be…

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“We are confident that with I2U2, we will make significant contributions to energy security, food security and economic growth in the Middle East and South Asia,” Chargé d'affaires in India’s Permanent Mission to the UN Ambassador R. Ravindra said.

Mr. Narit Therdsteerasukdi, Deputy Secretary General of the Thailand Board of Investment (BOI), together with Ms. Ratchanee Wattanawisitporn, Executive Director of Foreign Investment Marketing Division, welcomed Mr. Sheung-Yuen Lee, Director of Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office, and Mr. Peter Wong, Regional Director, South East Asia and South Asia, Hong…

Leaders of Sri Lanka's protest movement said on Sunday they would occupy the residences of the president and prime minister until they finally quit office, the day after the two men agreed to resign leaving the country in political limbo.