A Thai judge shot himself in the chest in front of a packed court after acquitting several murder suspects and decrying the kingdom's judicial system...

The Thai army has filed sedition charges against six key opposition party leaders who debated possible devolution of some powers to the nation's violence-hit south.More...

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam on Friday (Oct 4) invoked a rarely used colonial-era law to ban protesters from wearing face masks.What does the new...

Strife-torn Hong Kong has been dropped from the 2019-20 Forumula E season as the city is battered by four months of violent pro-democracy protests that...

Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi called on lawmakers on Thursday to support him to reshuffle cabinet posts and urged calm after three days of...

US President Donald Trump said on Friday (Oct 4) that his administration has a "very good chance" of making a trade deal with China, and...

North Korea said on Thursday (Oct 3) it had successfully test-fired a new submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) from the sea to contain external threats and...

History was made on Monday (Sep 30) when a Malaysian lawyer, Mr Steven Suppiah Perian, became the first Queen’s Counsel (QC) to be admitted to...

The Malaysian government will look at the need to reintroduce the Goods and Services Tax (GST) if that is what people want, Prime Minister Mahathir...

He may have become a far-right Internet meme in the West, but Pepe the Frog's image is being rehabilitated in Hong Kong where protesters have...

India on Tuesday asserted it has a "good case" to become a permanent member of the UN Security Council and a UNSC without it affects...

In a major reshuffle of diplomats, Pakistan on Monday removed Maleeha Lodhi and appointed Munir Akram as the country's permanent representative to the United Nations.The...

Hong Kong police shot a teenage protester at close range in the chest Tuesday, leaving him bleeding and howling on the ground, in a fearsome...

North Korea fired two missiles into the sea on Wednesday, a day after Washington and Pyongyang announced they would resume stalled nuclear talks later this...

Nepal's House of Representatives Speaker Krishna Bahadur Mahara on Tuesday stepped down from his post after facing rape allegations.Mahara tendered his resignation to the House's...

John Bolton warned on Monday (Sep 30) that North Korea had not truly chosen to give up nuclear weapons in the hawk's first public appearance...

South Korea showcased newly acquired F-35 stealth fighter jets to mark Armed Forces Day on Tuesday (Oct 1) as President Moon Jae-in tries to allay...

In a rare gesture, President Xi Jinping on Monday paid tribute to the founding father of People's Republic of China Mao Zedong ahead of the...

North Korea blamed the United States on Monday (Sep 30) for a failure to restart stalled talks, more than a year after President Donald Trump's...

In a video statement Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Monday said, "We would like to extend an invitation to former Indian PM Manmohan...

Prime Minister Imran Khan on his return from the US on Sunday said that those standing by Kashmiris were doing "jihad" and Pakistan will support...

A parade Tuesday by China’s secretive military will offer a rare look at its rapidly developing arsenal, including possibly a nuclear-armed missile that could reach...

Fierce clashes broke out between protesters and riot police in Hong Kong on Sunday (Sep 29) as thousands marched through the strife-torn city, during a...

The show of support for Beijing came after another day of violence in the semi-autonomous Chinese territory that sparked fears of more ugly scenes that...

A personal bodyguard of Saudi Arabia's King Salman has been shot dead and seven others wounded, including security forces, during an altercation at a friend's...

While months of Hong Kong protests have scared away tourists, sent jitters across the financial centre and cast a dark cloud over the local economy,...

Iran has released a "never before seen" photo of supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei alongside Hassan Nasrallah, leader of the Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah.The photo...

A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck off the province of Davao Occidental in the southern Philippines on Sunday (Sep 29) morning, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology...

At least 36 people died and 36 others were injured in east China when a packed coach with a flat tyre collided with a truck,...

Hong Kong protesters are to join a global "anti-totalitarianism rally" on Sunday, following another night of violent clashes with police after weeks of unrest in...

Saudi Arabia’s crown prince said he bears responsibility for the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi last year by Saudi operatives “because it happened under my...

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on Friday (Sep 27) urged greater international control of sanctions, criticising US attempts to force all countries to stop doing...

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan warned on Friday (Sep 27) there would be a bloodbath when India lifts its curfew in disputed Kashmir and that...

Saudi Arabia threw open its doors to foreign tourists on Friday, launching a new visa regime for 49 countries and appealing to foreign companies to...

An Emirati has made history as the first Arab to reach the International Space Station (ISS), after blasting off from Kazakhstan.The Russian spacecraft carrying Hazzaa...

Pakistan has approached United Nations Security Council (UNSC) with a request to release monthly expenses for 2008 Mumbai attack mastermind and globally designated terrorist Hafiz...

The current international system is such that nothing could be done to compel Indonesia to deal with its forest fires, which affect the region every...

At least one dead after strong quake rocks eastern IndonesiaTerrified people ran into the streets as buildings fell in around them after the 6.5-magnitude quake...

A futuristic new airport in Beijing, which is expected to become one of the busiest in the world, was opened by President Xi Jinping on...

Singapore has detained three Indonesian maids without trial under tough security laws over allegations they donated funds to support the Islamic State (ISIS) group, authorities...

Hong Kong's embattled leader said Tuesday more than 20,000 people have applied to take part in a dialogue session with her and "vent their anger"...

South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Tuesday (Sep 24) proposed that the United Nations create an "international peace zone" to replace the peninsula's divide, saying...

Beijing's huge new airport, Daxing International, was formally opened by President Xi Jinping on Wednesday (Sep 25), ahead of the 70th anniversary of the People's...

The death toll over dengue has increased from 68 to 75 in Bangladesh, said Health Emergency Operation Centre and Control Room at the Directorate General...

At least 35 civilians were killed and 13 people were injured during an attack conducted by the Afghan government forces in southern Helmand province, two...

Taliban envoys visited Beijing to discuss peace efforts in Afghanistan with Chinese officials, the foreign ministry said Monday.The delegation was led by Mullah Abdul Ghani...

President Hassan Rouhani on Monday departed Tehran for New York to attend the UN General Assembly on a mission to win Iran support against "cruel"...

China did not cancel planned visits to farms in the United States because of challenges in trade negotiations with the US, the country's senior agricultural...

Syrian authorities captured and dismantled Saturday a drone rigged with cluster bombs near the border with the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, state news agency SANA said.SANA...

The Kathmandu PostLast June, an investigative report by Westdeutscher Rundfunk Koln (WDR), a German public broadcaster, exposed the dreadful conditions of Nepali migrants working on...

Iran’s president called Sunday on Western powers to leave the security of the Persian Gulf to regional nations led by Tehran, criticizing a new U.S.-led...

Li Doudou’s grey kitten squeezes in next to her as she sits painstakingly applying makeup and putting up her hair in a bun adorned with...

Former advisor to the Trump campaign, Shalabh Shalli Kumar on Saturday (local time) said that US President Donald Trump sharing the stage with Prime Minister...

U.S. President Donald Trump welcomed Australia’s prime minister on Friday for only the second state visit of his administration, signaling the close bond between the...

Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) operated 46 flights from the Islamabad Airport without any passengers in 2016-17, a media report said on Friday.According to the report...

Pakistani police say a bus has rammed into a hill after it breaks failed on a mountainous road, killing 22 passengers and injuring 15 in...

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan reached the US on Saturday on a "special aircraft" of Saudi Crown Prince, Mohammad bin Salman.Dunya News quoting sources said...

The Maldives are not "mired in a Chinese debt trap", the Chinese government's top diplomat told the visiting Maldivian foreign minister, amid fears in the...

Iraq is coming under pressure as the US and Israel increase efforts to contain Iran and its influence in the region.Pro-Iranian militias across Lebanon, Syria...

HONG KONG: Groups of China supporters pulled down "Lennon Walls" of anti-government protest messages across Hong Kong on Saturday (Sep 21), raising the possibility of...

A Japanese court on Thursday (Sep 19) acquitted three former officials from the firm that operated the Fukushima nuclear plant, in the only criminal trial...

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday said there is no chance of talks with India and Pakistan on Kashmir until the 'curfew' is lifted."There...

People frustrated with the process of registering for Malaysia's Vehicle Entry Permit (VEP) have complained about lengthy waiting times, a lack of appointment slots and...

Pakistan on Wednesday said it was not swapping Lt. Col. Habib Zahir (Retd) with Indian national Kulbushan Jadhav.Regarding speculations about a swap with Jadhav, a...

Poor, rural Bangladeshis are spending far more than the government and aid agencies to combat the impact of climate change, diverting what little money they...

Saudi Arabia said on Tuesday its oil output would be back to normal by the end of the month, with half the production lost in...

China on Tuesday said the Kashmir issue may not be a 'major topic' of discussion during the planned 2nd informal summit between Prime Minister Narendra...

More than half the tigers rescued three years ago from a Buddhist temple in Thailand where they served as a popular tourist attraction have died...

Pakistan on Tuesday called on the international community to take "serious cognizance" of India's aggressive posturing about taking 'physical jurisdiction' of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, saying such...

UN human rights experts have raised new concerns about the treatment of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh following a deadly backlash over the killing of a...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un invited US President Donald Trump to visit Pyongyang in a letter sent in August, a South Korean newspaper reported...

An Afghan official says five civilians have died when their vehicle struck a roadside bomb in western Farah province.Mohibullah Mohib, spokesman for the provincial police...

A police complaint has been filed against 11 university students for raising slogans against Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan during a rally in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir's...

Oil prices surged more than 10 per cent Monday after attacks on two Saudi Arabian plants that slashed output in the world's top producer by...

China's Foreign Ministry said on Monday it was irresponsible to blame anyone for the attack on Saudi Arabia's oil facilities without conclusive facts.Ministry spokeswoman Hua...

Iran on Sunday dismissed as "meaningless" US accusations it was behind drone attacks on Saudi oil installations, suggesting Washington was seeking a pretext to retaliate...

A group of Buddhist hardliners in Thailand filed a police complaint against a young female artist on Wednesday over paintings that depict images of the...

A Pakistani pop star Rabi Pirzada, whose video of threatening Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the Kashmir issue with snakes and crocodiles went viral, has...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un invited US President Donald Trump to visit Pyongyang in a letter sent in August, a South Korean newspaper reported...

JOHOR BAHRU: More than 300 schools and kindergartens in Malaysia's southern state of Johor have been ordered to close on Sunday (Sep 15) after the...

Malaysia's two oldest political parties - UMNO and PAS - signed a charter of formal cooperation on Saturday (Sep 14), presenting arguably the largest political...

Saudi Arabia has temporarily halted production at two Aramco oil facilities that were attacked by Yemeni rebels, interrupting about half of the company's total output,...

Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi group said it attacked two plants at the heart of Saudi Arabia’s oil industry on Saturday, knocking out more than half the...

The body of an Indian peacekeeper, who drowned while Kayaking in Congo, has been found, the UN chief's spokesperson has said.Lieutenant Colonel Gaurav Solanki, deployed...

An explosion went off on Saturday (Sep 14) in an Indonesian police evidence warehouse containing munitions dating from World War II, injuring one officer and...

Conceding his defeat after failing to get "expected" support from the international community over Kashmir issue, Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that India has...

A party in Thailand's ruling coalition has proposed a draft law that would allow Thais to grow a limited amount of cannabis at home, less...

Hundreds of pro-Beijing supporters flooded into a Hong Kong shopping mall on Friday (Sep 13) to counter months of anti-government protests in the city.Singing the...

Pakistan’s Law Ministry on Friday told Prime Minister Imran Khan that the government of Pakistan cannot take Kashmir issue to International Court of Justice (ICJ).The...

Japan's newly installed environment minister, Shinjiro Koizumi, wants the country to close down nuclear reactors to avoid a repeat of the Fukushima catastrophe in 2011.The...

In his final words, slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi urged his killers not to cover his mouth because he suffered from asthma and could suffocate,...

Pakistan Interior Minister Brig Ijaz Ahmed Shah has brought a major embarrassment to Prime Minister Imran Khan and his coterie of ministers with his admission...

New satellite photos obtained Tuesday show an Iranian oil tanker pursued by the U.S. remains off the coast of Syria.The images from Planet Labs obtained...

China's capital of Beijing is on track to drop out from the list of the world's top 200 most-polluted cities this year, with hazardous smog...

Japan’s Tokyo Electric Power (9501.T) will have to dump radioactive water from its destroyed Fukushima nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean as it runs...

More than 30 pilgrims were killed and dozens injured Tuesday in a stampede at a major shrine in the Iraqi city of Karbala on the...

A rocket exploded at the US Embassy in Afghanistan just minutes into Wednesday, the anniversary of the 9/11 attack on the United States, but officials...

In a fittng reply to Pakistan's attempt to rally UNHRC support against India's action on Jammu and Kashmir, MEA Secretary Vijay Thakur Singh said, "My...

Protesters set barricades, smashed windows, started street fires and vandalised the MTR metro station in Central district in Hong Kong on Sunday (Sep 8).Central district,...

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov on Sunday said S-400 air defence missile systems will be delivered to India in strict accordance with the schedule."The...

Saudi Arabia's King Salman has appointed his son Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman as the new energy minister of the country, the state media said on...

Pakistan on Sunday summoned India's Deputy High Commissioner Gaurav Ahluwalia over recent developments in Jammu and Kashmir following the abrogation of Article 370.Earlier in the...

Gridlock in Manila is costing lives as ambulances stuck in traffic face severe delays in the race against the clock to reach the city's hospitals,...

Pakistan on Saturday said it will not allow President Ram Nath Kovind's flight to Iceland to pass through its airspace.Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said...

The Ambassador of India to Nepal Manjeev Singh Puri inaugurated the campus building of Koteshwor Multiple Campus here on Saturday.The infrastructure has been constructed with...

The centre of Beijing was under lockdown early Sunday for a night-time parade rehearsal by the Chinese military which is preparing for October 1 ceremonies...

Pakistan is planning to waive off Rs 40.2 million visa fees of over 2,000 Chinese nationals working on various development projects in the country under...

Israeli forces attacked Hamas positions in Gaza after rockets fired from the Palestinian enclave hit the Jewish state, the military said early Saturday.The exchange came...

Malaysian police said on Thursday (Sep 6) they are investigating the death of a 36-year-old commando officer who was shot in a live-firing demonstration at...

Putrajaya will send a diplomatic note to Jakarta to request it takes immediate action to put out forest fires in Indonesia, as air quality deteriorated...

The the practice of triple talaq or instant divorce should be deemed a punishable crime in Pakistan, a media report on Friday quoted the constitutional...

Students and alumni from at least five Hong Kong schools formed human chains Friday to raise awareness for the remaining four demands of protesters involved...

India lost contact with its unmanned spacecraft just before it was due to land on the Moon on Saturday (Sep 7), in a blow to...

When Abdel Hamid al-Yousef lost his 9-month-old twins in the poison gas attack that hit the Syrian town of Khan Sheikhoun in April 2017, the...

Embattled Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam on Wednesday formally withdrew a controversial extradition bill which ignited violent mass protests across the semi-autonomous city in...

Indonesia has partially lifted an Internet blackout imposed following civil unrest in the country's easternmost region of Papua, but is yet to restore access in...

Thai authorities have arrested the suspected bombmaker responsible for the explosives used in a series of blasts in Bangkok last month as the city hosted...

About 150,000 residents in Johor were affected by a month-long water rationing exercise that began on Monday (Sep 2) after the water level at the...

Kartarpur is the "Madina" and Nankana Sahib is the "Makkah" of the Sikh community, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Monday, adding that his...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Russia Wednesday on a two-day visit during which he will hold summit talks with President Vladimir Putin and attend...

China is entering a period where it faces "concentrated risks" - economically, politically and diplomatically - and the country must be able to fight and...

China and the United States have only "limited" cooperation in stopping fentanyl smuggling, a Chinese narcotics official was quoted as saying on Tuesday (Sep 3),...

A would-be justice minister in South Korea facing allegations of hypocrisy and favouritism involving his family has held a marathon 11-hour press conference in a...

A day after India thwarted Pakistan’s attempt to drag Jammu and Kashmir on to the table of an international conference in the Maldives Parliament, the...

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam says she has never tendered her resignation to China over the anti-government protests that have roiled the city for three...

Three Chinese nationals have been deported and blacklisted from entering Malaysia after two immigration officers were assaulted at Kuala Lumpur International Airport 2 on Saturday...

At least six security personnel were killed in an explosion in Kunduz city, reported Tolo News.The city has been a battleground between the Afghan government's...

Former US ambassador to India, Tim Roemer, who was responsible for deepening and broadening the US-India partnership, has accused Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan of...

Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi, Iran's information and communication minister on Sunday in retort to US President Donald Trump's tweet posted a picture of himself with...

Carbon-heavy development in countries part of China's Belt and Road Initiative could render the Paris climate goals unreachable, according to a new analysis on the...

China's central bank set its official yuan midpoint at a fresh 11-and-a-half year low on Monday (Sep 2) after Beijing and Washington kicked off new...

The United States and Taliban are on the threshold of reaching an agreement to end the 18-year long war and initiate inter-Afghan talks, Washington's peace...

Amid escalating tensions between India and Pakistan over the revocation of the special status to Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan External Affairs Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi...

Protesters in Hong Kong threw gasoline bombs at government headquarters and set fires in the streets on Saturday, while police stormed a subway car and...

Afghan security forces "repelled" a coordinated Taliban assault on the northern city of Kunduz on Saturday, President Ashraf Ghani said, amid competing claims from the...

A large fire blazed across a main street in Hong Kong on Saturday night, as protesters made a wall out of barricades and set it...

A Sikh girl who was allegedly abducted and forcibly converted to Islam in Pakistan has returned home to her parents, Nankana Sahib police said on...

Despite Pakistan's persistent attempts to internationalise the Kashmir issue, its so-called 'solidarity hour' for the Kashmiris has turned out to be a damp squib, inflicting...

In a bizarre incident, a Pakistan minister on Friday got an electric shock while criticising Prime Minister Narendra Modi at an Islamabad rally, organised against...

Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong and another core member of a pro-democracy group were granted bail after being charged with inciting people to join a...

Railways Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed on Wednesday predicted that a full-blown war between India and Pakistan may likely occur in the month of "October or...

A class reunion in Thailand turned ugly on Saturday (Aug 24) after an attendee shot a former classmate in revenge for bullying him when they...

Hong Kong police have banned a mass protest rally from going ahead on Saturday (Aug 31) over public safety concerns, organisers said, after last weekend...

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday sought a suspension of Parliament until October 14 to present what he described as a new bold and...

China rotated troops in its People's Liberation Army (PLA) garrison in Hong Kong on Thursday (Aug 29), days before protesters plan to hold a march...

Malaysian ex-leader Najib Razak's most significant 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) trial begins on Wednesday (Aug 28), centering on allegations that hundreds of millions of dollars...

Two people were confirmed dead on Wednesday (Aug 28) as heavy rains pounded southwest Japan, prompting flood and landslide warnings, and orders for 670,000 people...

Violence in Hong Kong’s anti-government protests is becoming more serious but the government is confident it can handle the crisis itself, the city’s embattled leader...

Indonesia’s president says the country’s capital will move from overcrowded, sinking and polluted Jakarta to a site in sparsely populated East Kalimantan Province on Borneo...

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has admitted to the failure of his country's stance on Kashmir and its diplomacy, stated Voice of Karachi (VoK) Chairman...