Brides wait for their grooms to arrive during a community marriage in Bhopal yesterday.

The skies of central Myanmar were set ablaze this week with the beginning of the Taunggyi fire balloon festival, one of the most beautiful and dangerous celebrations in Asia.

States across India are bypassing land acquisition laws by introducing land pooling schemes to speed up industrial and development projects, a move that activists say leaves farmers and the environment vulnerable.

An Asian news network yesterday called for the release of two Myanmar media executives jailed for alleged defamation, the latest case to highlight limits on free speech under the country’s new democratic government.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday said that greater participation and engagement of industries in Japan will benefit India’s micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) sector.

Malcolm Turnbull, the first sitting prime minister to attend the Sydney Mardi Gras, has been blocked from attending next year’s parade as an official guest over his handling of marriage equality.

Pressure on South Korea’s scandal-hit president to resign escalated sharply yesterday, with organisers claiming a million-strong turnout at one of the largest – and loudest – anti-government protests the country has ever witnessed.

Gina Miller, the businesswoman who successfully took the government to court over when Brexit can be triggered, has revealed police have told her to avoid public spaces for her own safety.

A leading German politician has warned Theresa May that she is “delusional” if she believes Britain can get a good trade deal from Donald Trump.

With 4mn residents of Nepal’s capital city of Kathmandu struggling to find open spaces to relax and refresh inside the city, the surrounding hills are become a favourite hotspot to escape the hullaballoo.

Indian Army chief General Dalbir Singh meets the Nepalese Army chief General Rajendra Chhetri in Kathmandu yesterday.

Referring to oft-repeated attacks on minority communities in Bangladesh, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday urged the countrymen to resist all evil designs against development, saying peace is the foremost prerequisite for the country to continue the ongoing development.