A veteran Saudi journalist who has been critical of the government has gone missing after visiting the kingdom's consulate in Istanbul on Tuesday, the Washington...

The New Silk Roads symbolize way more than high-speed rail lines crisscrossing Eurasia, or a maze of highways, pipelines and port connectivity. They represent a...

The outgoing strongman president of the Maldives, Abdulla Yameen, faced allegations Tuesday that he received nearly USD 1.5 million in illicit payments just before his...

In a U-turn, Pakistan has announced that its close ally Saudi Arabia would not join the USD 50 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, days after Islamabad...

Though Imran Khan’s first address to his countrymen as prime minister of Pakistan on August 19 featured refreshing candor and admirable pledges to work with...

Indonesia's Mount Soputan volcano on the quake-and tsunami-hit island of Sulawesi erupted Wednesday, spewing volcanic ash 4,000 metres into the air.The state disaster agency warned...

Pakistan wants to build an oil refinery near the deep-water port of Gwadar to reduce petroleum product imports, a planning official said on Tuesday as...

Iraq’s parliament on Tuesday elected as president Kurdish politician Barham Salih, who immediately named Shiite Adel Abdul Mahdi prime minister-designate, ending months of deadlock after...

The seventh accused in the murder of Malaysian Deputy Public Prosecutor Anthony Kevin Morais told the High Court on Tuesday (Oct 2) that he was...

A Syrian man has been arrested after almost seven months stranded in a Malaysian airport, an official said Tuesday (Oct 2), in a bizarre saga...

Malaysia’s former prime minister Najib Razak and his wife will both be questioned by authorities on Wednesday (Oct 3) morning in connection with scandal-plagued state...

The US has accused a Chinese naval ship of conducting "unsafe and unprofessional" manoeuvres when one of its warships entered the waters of the disputed...

North Korea warned Washington through its state media Tuesday that a declaration ending the Korean War shouldn’t be seen as a bargaining chip in denuclearization...

Israel is prepared to open its side of the crossing point with Syria following the return of the U.N. peacekeepers to the Golan Heights after...

Syrian rebels on Sunday denied pulling any heavy arms out of a major opposition bastion in the north, as the deadline to implement a demilitarization...

Two quakes struck in quick succession off the southern coast of Indonesia's Sumba island on Tuesday, sending people into the streets for safety.There were no...

PoK's "Prime Minister" Raja Farooq Haider has claimed that the white chopper he was travelling in was "very close" to the LoC but within Pakistan's...

Pakistan raised the Kashmir issue in the UN General Assembly on Saturday, saying the "unresolved dispute" is impacting achieving durable peace between India and Pakistan...

The toll from an earthquake and tsunami in Indonesia soared on Sunday to 832 confirmed dead, with authorities fearing it will only climb as rescuers...

Declaring that victory over “terrorism” is almost at hand after more than seven years of civil war, Syria’s foreign minister took to the world stage...

A powerful typhoon ripped through Japan on Sunday, forcing cancellations of flights and trains, including in the Tokyo area as authorities warned of strong winds...

North Korea's foreign minister on Saturday (Sep 29) told the United Nations there was "no way" that his country would disarm first as long as...

A 54-year-old Vietnamese woman from Ngh? An province was sentenced to five years in jail on Wednesday after being found guilty of selling her son’s...

After clinching a historic deal, the Vatican and China are involved in fresh negotiations over the fate of "underground" bishops who remained faithful to the...

A powerful typhoon pummelled Japan's southern island of Okinawa on Saturday, injuring at least five, as weather officials warned the storm would rip through the...

The U.N. Human Rights Council voted Thursday to set up a panel to prepare criminal indictments over atrocities committed in Myanmar, amid allegations of genocide...

A total of seven candidates, including Parti Keadilan Rakyat’s (PKR) Anwar Ibrahim and his former personal aide Saiful Bukhari, will contest in the Port Dickson...

After a 15-year absence from the United Nations, Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on Friday (Sep 28) made his return and boldly repeated his call...

KAGOSHIMA, Japan: A powerful typhoon pummelled Japan's southern island of Okinawa Saturday (Sep 29), injuring at least five, as weather officials warned the storm would...

A powerful earthquake hit central Indonesia on Friday, causing a tsunami that slammed into a city on Sulawesi island with officials saying the tremor had...

Adultery is no longer a crime, India's top court ruled Thursday (Sep 27), declaring a colonial-era law that punished the offence with jail time unconstitutional...

NEW YORK: Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said on Wednesday (Sep 26) that there is a need for United States President Donald Trump to be...

Any plots to sow discord in China's ties with Pakistan will not prevail, the Chinese government's top diplomat said on Tuesday, as Beijing fends off...

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Tuesday criticized Washington for its hostile policy toward his country and said the US approach was doomed to failure.Rouhani, in...

President Donald Trump is making good on his pledge to escalate the trade war with China by imposing tariffs on US$200 billion of Chinese goods.The...

Hundreds of black-clad mourners, weeping or lighting incense and laying wreaths, gathered on Wednesday (Sep 25) at a state funeral for Vietnamese President Tran Dai...

Iran has ample reason to stay in the 2015 nuclear deal despite the US withdrawal and the remaining parties on Monday will discuss ways to...

China is building a nationwide system to monitor the income and expenditure of local governments in a bid to control debt, the official China Daily...

A senior Chinese official said on Tuesday (Sep 25) that it is difficult to proceed with trade talks with the United States while Washington is...

Taiwan’s Vice-President Chen Chien-jen is scheduled to visit the Vatican next month to attend the canonization of six beatified individuals, or “blesseds,” a source said.The...

An Indonesian teenager who survived 49 days adrift at sea after the wooden fish trap he was employed to mind slipped its moorings says he...

China imposed new tariff hikes on US goods on Monday and accused Washington of bullying, giving no sign of compromise in an intensifying battle over...

Malaysia's Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng on Monday (Sep 24) told developers to reduce residential prices, and warned them against building projects exclusively for foreigners."We...

Myanmar's powerful army chief said the United Nations had no right to interfere in the sovereignty of his country, a week after UN investigators called...

Mahmoud Abbas is the only Palestinian leader capable of striking a peace deal with Israel, former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said in comments broadcast...

Campaigning for Indonesia's presidential election in April kicked off Sunday (Sep 23), pitting incumbent Joko Widodo against a former military general in the race to...

Top officials from Hong Kong and Guangdong boarded Hong Kong's first bullet train on Saturday (Sep 22) and attended an opening ceremony at the former...

Several people were killed when unknown gunmen opened fire during a military parade in the southwestern Iranian city of Ahvaz on Saturday, state television reported.Iran...

India called off a planned meeting between its foreign minister and her Pakistani counterpart on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly session in New...

China has shut down more than 4,000 websites and online accounts in a three-month campaign against "harmful" online information, the official Xinhua news agency said...

Islamabad has invited Saudi Arabia to become the third partner in the Beijing-funded Belt and Road corridor of major infrastructure projects inside Pakistan, Pakistan’s information...

Myanmar must ensure there is “no hiding place” for those responsible for crimes against its Rohingya minority if it is to avoid a lasting stain...

Kurdish-led authorities controlling northeastern Syria will not be able to hold foreign Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militant fighters indefinitely, and their...

Ousted Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, his daughter and son-in-law were released from prison on Wednesday, hours after a top court suspended their sentences in...

Bloomberg Still bruised from a typhoon that grounded hundreds of flights, Hong Kong’s status as Asia’s top aviation hub faces a new threat: Chinese bullet...

The two Korean leaders took to the road for the final day of their summit Thursday, heading to a beautiful volcano considered sacred in the...

The Malaysian Cabinet has agreed to lower the voting age from 21 to 18, Youth and Sports Minister Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman said on...

Anifah Aman on Wednesday (Sep 19) became the second former minister from the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) to announce he was quitting Malaysia’s former...

Hundreds of Philippine rescuers used shovels and their bare hands Tuesday to sift through a massive landslide where dozens are feared dead in the region...

A Joint statement said the two Koreas have agreed to seek to obtain the rights to co-host the 2032 Summer Olympics.The statement was released by...

India has handed over its third consignment of relief supplies to Bangladesh, including over 1 million litres of kerosene oil and 20,000 stoves, for the...

Bhutan’s prime minister conceded defeat Sunday after the ruling party was knocked out in the first round of the small Himalayan nation’s third-ever election.Harvard-educated Tshering...

Three Indonesian fishermen held by members of a notorious Islamist kidnap-for-ransom group have walked free 18 months after they were abducted off the southern Philippines,...

From LGBT nightclubs to “gay-cations” and more, a court ruling legalizing homosexuality in India is set to unlock one of the world’s largest “pink economies,”...

Typhoon Mangkhut, the year's most powerful tropical storm to hit the Chinese mainland, barrelled into the coast of Guangdong province killing at least four persons...

The victims, who were all Vietnamese, 'all tested positive for drugs,' deputy director of Hanoi police Nguyen Van Vien said.Seven people have died and five...

YANGON: At least 100 Myanmar youth activists and journalists called for the release of two jailed Reuters journalists on Sunday, warning that the seven-year prison...

Japan has carried out its first submarine drill in the South China Sea, a newspaper said Monday (Sep 17), a move that could provoke Beijing...

The inequality between men and women in India is stark, and nowhere more so than on the streets of its cities, which are undeniably the...

Amid escalating political wrangling, Iraqi lawmakers elected an Iran-backed Sunni Arab as speaker of parliament on Saturday, the first step in forming a new government...

Typhoon Mangkhut barreled into southern China on Sunday, killing two people after lashing the Philippines with strong winds and heavy rain that left at least...

China on Sunday (Sept 16) accused Taiwan's spy agencies of stepping up efforts to steal intelligence with the aim of "infiltration" and "sabotage", and warned...

South Korean President Moon Jae-in travels to Pyongyang this week for his third summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, looking to break the...

The Dalai Lama said on Saturday (Sep 15) that he has known about sexual abuse by Buddhist teachers since the 1990s and that such allegations...

The Indian rupee, which has fallen by more than 12 percent this year against the US dollar, is currently the worst performing currency in Asia.A...

It is in demand every Chinese New Year and is believed to bring good luck. But the red grouper is also overexploited or from unsustainable...

Malaysia’s Anwar Ibrahim reiterated that there is no rush for him to be prime minister as the country needs stability a strong leader now.“The succession...

Nine people were killed and 46 injured when a man drove his SUV into a crowd and later went on a stabbing spree in China’s...

The Israeli Army on Thursday announced it was ending an operation it says was aimed at providing Syrian civilians with humanitarian and medical aid in...

Violence in northwest Syria has displaced more than 38,500 people in less than two weeks amid increasing hostilities and a looming regime assault on the...

China’s “four vertical, four horizontal” high-speed railway grid has been taking shape at full speed, hitting a total system length of 27,000 kilometers – on...

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has described the ISI as "our first line of defence" as he visited for the first time the headquarters of...

Malaysia's education ministry has set up a special committee to study ways to tackle the shortage of teachers in several states including Johor and Selangor.Deputy...

The presidents of Japan and Russia expressed a desire to achieve a peace treaty between the two nations, more than 70 years after the end...

Millions of people are at risk from a strong typhoon set to smash into the northern Philippines this weekend which could bring floods, landslides and...

Pundits are engaged in an irresistible debate: who miscalculated more on trade – Donald Trump or Xi Jinping? A good argument can be made either...

Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Thursday (Sep 13) said in hindsight her government could have handled the situation in Rakhine state better.About 700,000...

The Taliban say they are ready for another round of talks with the US, which is likely to focus on prisoner exchange, confidence building measures,...

China told the World Trade Organization (WTO) on Tuesday (Sep 11) it wanted to impose US$7 billion a year in sanctions on the United States...

The operation must be ruthless, thorough and silent. Without alerting the watchful enemy, a unit of highly trained Japanese agents will throw up a ring...

Senior Parliamentary Secretary for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Tan Wu Meng was struck by the “diligence and discipline” of North Koreans after a three-day...

Begum Kulsoom Nawaz, wife of former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, passed away in London on Tuesday after suffering from complications related to cancer.The 68-year-old...

China's health commission is getting rid of three offices that were previously dedicated to family planning, it announced late on Sunday (Sep 9), the latest...

Two 17-year-old boys died after a bridge collapsed in Kedah, Malaysia, on Monday night (Sep 10).The bodies of the two boys, who were both on...

Russia's territorial dispute with Japan over the Kuril islands was unlikely to be settled soon, President Vladimir Putin said on Monday (Sep 10), seeming to...

At least seven people were killed and 25 wounded on Sunday when a suicide bomber on a motorcycle detonated explosives near a procession in Kabul...

Boy band BTS hit the top of the charts not long after Son Heung Min and his South Korean soccer team stepped atop the Asian...

Panamanian President Juan Carlos Varela on Sunday called on Washington to respect his country’s sovereignty after the US recalled its envoys from three Latin American...

The biggest show on earth made an astonishing comeback on Sunday (Sep 9) as North Korea put on its all-singing, all-dancing propaganda display, the 'Mass...

North Korea held a major military parade and revived its iconic mass games to celebrate its 70th anniversary, but in keeping with leader Kim Jong...

An infant girl was killed on Sunday as Syrian government forces bombed rebel-held villages in Idlib and Hama provinces, rescuers and a war monitoring group...

The butcher stands in blood as she hacks coarsely with a cleaver in the carcass of the small animal. Bones lay scattered on the concrete...

The presidents of Turkey, Iran and Russia on Friday failed to agree on a ceasefire that would forestall a Syrian government offensive in the rebel-held...

Australia faces arguably its greatest series of regional foreign policy challenges in decades – including, most notably, how to balance its relations with a rising...

SHAH ALAM: Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said on Saturday (Sep 8) the new Pakatan Harapan government will ensure that the Malays do not misuse...

Angry protesters stormed the Iranian Consulate in the southern city of Basra on Friday, setting a fire inside amid a wave of demonstrations that have...

Alibaba co-founder and chief Jack Ma plans to retire from the Chinese e-commerce giant on Monday (Sep 10) to devote his time to philanthropy focused...

Driving through the streets of the North Korean capital, it is hard to miss the colourful banners and decorations that are already in place to...

The presidents of Iran, Russia and Turkey - the main outside players in Syria's long war - meet in Tehran on Friday as rival factions...

Several US lawmakers have urged the new government of Pakistan, led by prime minister Imran Khan, to stop human rights violations, and treat its ethnic...

Chinese President Xi Jinping will attend a regional summit in Russia next week, officials said Friday — a gathering that may include North Korean leader...

North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un renewed his commitment to the denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula in talks with a special envoy from the South,...

Thousands of Thais will feast royally in the capital on Thursday (Sep 6) to celebrate the rescue of 12 boys and their soccer coach from...

Japan's Kansai airport will reopen partially on Friday, the government said Thursday (Sep 6), after a massive typhoon flooded parts of the transport hub and...

Compassion and guidance need to be shown towards the two women who were caned earlier this week for having lesbian sex, said Malaysian Prime Minister...

Singapore and Malaysia have formally agreed to postpone the construction of the KL-Singapore High-Speed Rail until end-May 2020, with Malaysia having to pay Singapore S$15...

Kim Jong Un will meet the South's President Moon Jae-in at a summit in Pyongyang in September to discuss nuclear disarmament, Seoul said Thursday (Sep...

Seventy-six Myanmar civil society groups called on Tuesday for the release of two jailed Reuters reporters, denouncing their conviction as unfair and an assault on...

Fosun Tourism & Culture Group, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Fosun International, has submitted an IPO prospectus to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, The Paper reported.The...

Rescue workers were working to see if anyone was trapped in the debris after a bridge collapsed on Tuesday (Sep 4) in the eastern Indian...

Strings, what strings? President Xi Jinping has promised there will be “no political strings attached” when it comes to funding for Belt and Road projects...

The Myanmar military issued a rare apology on Monday, acknowledging that two photographs it published in a book on the crisis over the Rohingya Muslim...

Two Malaysian women were caned on Monday for having lesbian sex in violation of strict Islamic laws, despite an outcry from activists at the "cruel...

Pakistani lawmakers are electing a new President on Tuesday, a race in which the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf party's candidate Arif Alvi is expected to win.Outgoing...

With the continuous promotion of China’s One Belt One Road initiative, Dubai, an important node city along the initiative, has become one of the hot...

Malaysia has agreed with Singapore to postpone the development of the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High-Speed Rail (HSR) project by two years, reported Malaysian media.Business weekly The...

Jingdong, China’s major e-commerce giant, said its founder, CEO and chairman, Liu Qiangdong has now returned to China, following sexual assault allegations in the US,...

SEOUL: A high-level South Korean delegation will fly to North Korea this week to discuss arrangements for an inter-Korean summit there this month, as relations...

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte landed in Israel on Sunday (Sep 2) as part of a regional tour including Jordan, as he pursues a pivot away...

Japan braced on Monday (Sep 3) for the arrival of strong typhoon Jebi as the storm churned north towards the islands, the latest in a...

Amid growing criticism over its debt-heavy approach to foreign aid, China is hosting a summit for African leaders on Monday aimed at promoting Beijing’s vision...

US President Donald Trump will not attend regional summits with Asian allies in November but will send Vice-President Mike Pence instead, the White House announced...

The Malaysian automaker, Proton Holding has signed an agreement with Pakistan’s Al-haj Automotive Private Limited, to produce and assemble its electric and eco-friendly cars in...

Malaysia police said on Saturday (Sep 1) they were tracking down two Indonesian women to appear as witnesses in the trial relating to the murder...

A British man of Bangladesh origin was sentenced to life in prison on Friday over a plot to kill Prime Minister Theresa May by first...

Hundreds of migrants have been relocated from government-run detention centers in Libya after being trapped by clashes between rival groups, U.N. and aid sources said...

A Saudi official hinted Friday the kingdom was moving forward with a plan to dig a canal that would turn the neighbouring Qatari peninsula into...

Conditions are still not suitable for the safe, voluntary and sustainable return of over 700,000 Rohingya refugees to their homes in Myanmar, UN chief Antonio...

BATAM: Her journey began in a dark place of suicidal thoughts and led to death witnessed first-hand, but these days Rahayu Gabrelle’s exploits involve bringing...

A famed Malaysian Hindu temple complex has had its steps painted in a dazzling array of colours, sparking excitement from some visitors but angering officials...

A Malaysian scientist who once led Al Qaeda’s quest to produce weapons of mass destruction (WMD) in Afghanistan will be released from prison next year,...

South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Thursday replaced his defence chief and four other ministers in a cabinet reshuffle after falling approval ratings in recent...

A woman journalist of a television channel in Bangladesh has been hacked to death with a sharp-edged weapon by some unidentified assailants at her home,...

A University of Hong Kong professor has been arrested on suspicion of killing his wife after police found a body stuffed into a suitcase in...

Iran’s parliament declared its dissatisfaction with President Hassan Rouhani on Tuesday, voting to reject his answers after grilling him over the deteriorating economy.It was the...

Myanmar rejected Wednesday the findings of a U.N. probe alleging genocide by its military against the Rohingya, after the United States and other countries joined...

Japan said on Tuesday (Aug 28) that North Korea still posed a dire threat to its security despite a halt to ballistic missile tests and...

Activists and families of eight victims of the Philippines' "war on drugs" filed a complaint on Tuesday with the International Criminal Court (ICC), a second...

 Myanmar’s military carried out mass killings and gang rapes of Muslim Rohingya with “genocidal intent” and the commander-in-chief and five generals should be prosecuted for...

Iran and Syria signed a deal for military cooperation in a meeting between the defence ministers of the two countries in Damascus, the Tasnim news...