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As the country faces a rise in Covid-19 infections, there is mounting discontent in Malaysia with Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin. At the end of July, hundreds of young people took to the streets to demand his resignation in a rare display of civil dissent.

Jason Iggleden captures stunning moments in Sydney, often helping to reduce people’s fear.

As temperatures climb, the Japanese turn to shaved ice, soothing wind chimes and grilled eel to stay cool, while more modern solutions include personal electric fans, chilled backpacks and "Cool Biz" attire.

India-administered Kashmir was once a state with its own constitution and special rights. Now, many Kashmiris fear a permanent loss of the region’s special status as the Indian government faces no pressure to turn back.

The Rugby League World Cup in England is postponed until 2022 following the withdrawal of defending champions Australia, and New Zealand.

New President Ebrahim Raisi takes the oath before parliament, with Iran facing an economy battered by US sanctions, a grinding health crisis and thorny negotiations on the 2015 nuclear deal.

The protégé of Iran’s supreme leader, Ebrahim Raisi, was sworn in as the country’s new president during a ceremony in parliament on Thursday, an inauguration that completes hard-liners’ dominance of all branches of government in the Islamic Republic.

The Indian men’s team won a bronze in Tokyo – their first Olympic medal since 1980.

The web of 350 fake social media profiles aims to discredit the West, sometimes with garish cartoons.

The Taliban warned that it was planning more attacks on Afghan government targets as it pursues an offensive on cities nationwide. The EU on Thursday called for a “permanent ceasefire” amid fears the Taliban is poised to take control of the country as foreign forces withdraw. 

Myanmar’s ambassador to the United Nations, who has refused to leave his post despite being fired after the February coup, has alerted the world body to a “reported massacre” by the military junta.

Two years after India revoked Kashmir’s status, more locals are taking up arms in the disputed region.

The wedding party was disembarking from a boat when several lightning bolts hit the group.

Anyone flouting the rules could be fined due to the damage some lotions can cause to coral.

Residents of the remote, mountainous region are demanding action after a 4-year-old girl was killed by a leopard in one of many incidents involving wild animals roaming into populated areas.

Iran is confronting multiple domestic and international challenges, from water shortages and power outages to skyrocketing inflation and nuclear tensions. Can President Ebrahim Raisi tackle them?

DW spoke with Abdul Ahad Mohmand, a former cosmonaut from Afghanistan who recalls seeing the Earth from space as everyone’s home with no countries or borders.

A couple accuse a priest and three others of raping and murdering their daughter, aged nine.

The minister was not at home during the first major attack by militants in Kabul for nearly a year.

Animals without anyone to care for them has become a real issue in the pandemic in Indonesia.

Chinese nationalists interpreted support for Taiwan’s athletes as support for the island’s independence.

Authorities in China are scrambling to control the spread of the virus by ramping up testing and vaccinations.

Families fled their homes Wednesday as the Afghan army launched a counterattack against the Taliban in a key southern city, with the insurgents stepping up their offensive to capture major urban centres.

The short-form video platform is giving fans unprecedented insight into the athletes’ experience.

Asma Shaikh, a 17-year-old homeless girl, has big dreams. But the pandemic has brought new challenges.

Four people were killed and 20 wounded in a coordinated bomb and gun attack targeting the Afghan defence minister and several lawmakers in the country’s capital Tuesday, not far from the heavily fortified Green Zone.

Terrified locals are fleeing if they can as the Taliban and troops battle to control Lashkar Gah.

In an interview with DW, the daughter of former Afghan president and socialist leader Mohammad Najibullah criticized the US approach toward peace in Afghanistan, saying the welfare of Afghans is not America’s priority.

Australian athletes damaged beds in their Olympic village hotel rooms and put a hole in a wall before leaving, the country’s Olympic committee says.

Iran will take steps to lift “tyrannical” sanctions imposed by the United States, hardline Shi’ite cleric Ebrahim Raisi said on Tuesday after winning the endorsement of the country’s supreme leader to become president.

The city of 11 million people is known to be the site where the coronavirus first emerged in 2019.

Authorities in Wuhan on Tuesday said they would test its entire population for Covid-19 after the central Chinese city where the coronavirus emerged reported its first local infections in more than a year. 

Rich countries need to do more to give vaccines to poor countries, says top WHO adviser Helen Clark.

This dad is drawing attention to what he calls the kidnapping of children by their own parents in Japan.

Covid-19 cases continue to rise in Kerala despite the waning of the second wave elsewhere in India.

To ultra-nationalists online, losing an Olympic medal is being “unpatriotic”, experts say.

At least six nationals of African countries were injured Monday during scuffle with police in India’s southern Bangalore city over the alleged custodial death of a Congolese student, an official said.

Afghan forces battled to stop a first major city from falling to the Taliban Monday as the United States and Britain accused the insurgents of “massacring civilians” in a town they recently captured near the Pakistan border.

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani blamed the country’s deteriorating security Monday on Washington deciding “abruptly” to withdraw its troops. “The reason for our current situation is that the decision was taken abruptly,” he told parliament, adding he had warned Washington the withdrawal would have “consequences”. Michael Kugelman,  deputy director of the Asia Program at the Wilson Center, talks to FRANCE 24.

After years of living and working in the United States, some Indian holders of US visas have been stranded by travel restrictions. They’ve been forced to take drastic measures to return to their adopted home.

The United States on Monday promised to lead a “collective response” against Iran in retaliation for a deadly attack on an Israeli-linked tanker, as Tehran denied blame and warned against “adventurism.”

The death toll from floods in central China last month is at least 302 with dozens of people still missing, officials said Monday, after record downpours dumped a year’s worth of rain on a city in just three days. 

Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani blamed the country’s deteriorating security Monday on Washington deciding “abruptly” to withdraw its troops.

Many arrived not knowing the language, but are now carving out a significant place in society.

Ramin Paikar was among the orphans visited by British soldiers stationed in Kabul in 2002.

Weightlifter Laurel Hubbard is set to become the first openly transgender athlete to compete in a different gender category to that which they were born at an Olympics.

The Southeast Asian country is looking to revive trade and business with the European Union to avoid dependence on Beijing and Washington. Economists say a free trade agreement is expected within the next few years.

Landslides and flash floods cost numerous lives in the Cox’s Bazar refugee camp — the world’s largest — in Bangladesh every year. Experts say indiscriminate deforestation and hill cutting are to blame.

As experts warn of a potential third COVID wave, many Indians are worried about their next paycheck. Small businesses and informal workers fear another lockdown could spell an end to their livelihoods.

Experts say India has "a lot of catching up to do" in the domain of technological advancement, such as artificial intelligence. The country faces security challenges from multiple fronts, including China and Pakistan.