Sri Lankan commuters drive through heavy rain in Colombo yesterday.

The lives of millions of people will be saved by the implementation of the Paris Agreement, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said.

President Rodrigo Duterte’s chief legal counsel on Tuesday called on Sen. Leila de Lima to quit after admitting that she had a romantic relationship with her driver-bodyguard because of the “frailties of a woman.”

A court in Bhiwandi near Mumbai, yesterday granted bail to Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi, who is accused in a defamation case.

Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte thinks he will get along with Donald Trump as the US president-elect “has not meddled in human rights” issues, and he trusted Trump’s judgment to deal fairly with the undocumented workers he plans to kick out.

The Punjab assembly yesterday passed a unanimous resolution against sharing of river waters with other states.

Israeli President Reuven Rivlin yesterday visited the 17th century Mughal monument to love, the Taj Mahal, and a water treatment plant in Sikandra that uses Israeli technology.

After two winters without snow, Kabul residents are anxiously scouring the hills for the first flakes, wary that the depletion of this major source of water further fuels instability in war-ravaged Afghanistan.

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, witnessing military exercises showcasing combat-readiness of the armed forces near the Indian border, in an apparent warning to India yesterday said any effort to harm Pakistan’s national security interests will be met with a “befitting response”.

WTurkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrived in Islamabad yesterday on a two-day state visit as Pakistan ordered Turkish teachers at schools with alleged links to a Turkish cleric opposed to Erdogan to leave the country.

Prince Harry’s relationship with actress Meghan Markle is so serious that he is poised to finance protection for her out of his own funds.

American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature last month, has decided not to attend the award ceremony in Stockholm, the Swedish Academy said on Wednesday.