More than 45,000 attacks of ransomware have been recorded in 99 countries around the world, mostly in Russia. ....

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday the country's flag carrier will operate direct Varanasi-Colombo-Varanasi flights from August. ....

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday met Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena here ahead of the "International Vesak Day" celebrations where the Indian leader will be the chief guest. ....

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif along with four Chief Ministers and Federal Ministers will leave for China on Friday to attend the two-day Belt and Road summit, a media report said. ....

Prime Ministers Nawaz Sharif of Pakistan and Narendra Modi of India might meet in Kazakhstan, a top Pakistani official has said, amid reports of back channel contacts. ....

At least eight people were killed and 23 others injured on Thursday after an earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale jolted China's Xinjiang region, officials said. ....

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has received an invitation to attend an upcoming summit in Riyadh between Muslim leaders and US President Donald Trump, the reported on Wednesday. ....

Moon Jae-in was sworn in as the new South Korean president in the Parliament Building, hours after winning a landslide victory in the five-way presidential race, a media report said on Wednesday. ....

Moon Jae-in of the Liberal Democratic Party was elected South Korea's new President early on Wednesday, with his five-year term set to begin shortly after confirmation of his victory by the election watchdog. ....

At least 58 people were injured on Tuesday in two successive explosions at a shopping mall in southern Thailand's Pattani province, officials said. ....