Indonesia has chosen an area on the eastern edge of Borneo island for its new capital, President Joko Widodo announced on Monday (Aug 26), as...

The administration of Hong Kong, along with the police, on Monday defended their act of firing bullets on the protestors for the first time since...

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday addressed the nation, soon after the sideline meeting between PM Modi and US President Donald Trump at the...

The head of Hezbollah on Sunday threatened Israel after a "drone attack" on the Lebanese Shiite movement's Beirut stronghold, vowing to "do everything" to thwart...

Police in Iraq say Islamic State militants have fired mortar rounds at a soccer field near a Shiite shrine, killing six civilians and wounding nine...

The Central Coordination Committee (CCC) of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) has said that Pakistan is committing atrocities in Karachi and other cities of Sindh...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is slated to visit the Shreenathji Temple here today before departing to attend the G7 summit in Biarritz.He had earlier made...

The Kashmiri Pandit community in the US held a rally applauding the Indian government's decision to revoke the Article 370 of the Constitution that accorded...

China on Saturday (Aug 24) angrily hit out at the latest US tariff hikes on its goods, saying a "bullying" Washington would eventually "eat its...

Operations at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) returned to normal on Sunday (Aug 25), Bernama reported, after it was hit by network equipment failure...

A British consulate employee detained in China has returned to Hong Kong, his family said on Saturday (Aug 24).Simon Cheng disappeared after visiting the neighbouring...

Sheikh Rashid Ahmad, Pakistan’s Railways Minister, on Tuesday was allegedly assaulted by two members of the Pakistan People's Party in London who pelted him with...

Myanmar on Friday pushed blame for its second failed attempt to repatriate the Rohingya on Bangladesh, a day after not a single refugee turned up...

North Korea fired what appears to be two short-range ballistic missiles into the sea off its east coast on Saturday (Aug 24), the South Korean...

Nine people have died and 35 are still missing after a series of mudslides in an autonomous region of China's southwestern Sichuan province, local authorities...

Some of Hong Kong's biggest banks published full-page newspaper advertisements on Thursday (Aug 22) calling for the preservation of law and order in the Chinese...

Hong Kong riot police faced off briefly with protesters occupying a suburban train station Wednesday evening following a commemoration of a violent attack there by...

The fifth round of Indo-Nepal Joint Commission meeting concluded here with the signing of Memorandum of Understanding on Food Safety and Standards."An MoU on Food...

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Tuesday she hoped a peaceful weekend anti-government protest was the start of an effort to restore peace and...

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday again offered to mediate the Kashmir issue and said it is a “very complicated place”. The offer came a...

Pakistan, on Tuesday, said it would take the Kashmir dispute with India to International Court of Justice, after New Delhi revoked special status for its...

A day after being questioned by Malaysian police for hours over his racially sensitive remarks against Hindus and Chinese, controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik on...

Iran appears to be preparing another satellite launch after twice failing this year to put one in orbit, despite U.S. accusations that the Islamic Republic’s...

Controversial preacher Zakir Naik, who is wanted in India for inciting extremism through hate speech speeches and money laundering, has been barred from delivering public...

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan , on Monday, extended the  tenure of Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa by three years in light of “regional...

China on Sunday warned Canada against interfering in Hong Kong issue, saying the matter is "purely internal" and does not require any interference by any...

A roadside explosion left nine civilians dead in Afghanistan's northern province of Balkh on Sunday, just hours after a deadly attack at a wedding hall...

Yemen's Iran-linked Huthi rebels have appointed an "ambassador" in Tehran, a step condemned by the internationally recognised government as a breach of international laws.The Islamic...

Pro-democracy protesters marched on one side of Hong Kong’s famous harbor on Saturday to demand the government heed their demands. Across the water, a pro-government...

Top military leaders from North Korea and China have recommitted themselves to strengthened exchanges between their armed forces during a meeting in Beijing. The meeting on...

Seven people, including two children, were killed and four others missing after a ferry carrying dozens of passengers caught fire off Indonesia's Sulawesi island early...

A Pakistani diplomat has claimed that the Kashmir issue can be resolved through a "proxy war or a war" and not "diplomacy" even as Islamabad...

A suicide bomber killed 63 people and wounded 182 in an attack on a wedding reception in the Afghan capital on Saturday night, the interior...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bhutanese counterpart Lotay Tshering held wide ranging talks on Saturday during which they discussed steps to further expand the...

With only China "openly favouring" Pakistan at the UNSC, a leading Pakistani newspaper on Friday commented that the top organ of the world body's current...

After failing to censure India at United Nations Security Council, baffled Pakistan government has called a high-level meeting on Saturday to discuss its future plan...

Sri Lanka Friday ordered an investigation after a skeletal 70-year-old elephant was paraded at a high-profile Buddhist pageant in a move criticised as cruelty to...

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday discussed the Kashmir issue with US President Donald Trump over phone, as the UN Security Council held a...

Iran asked U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday to push back against the United States after it imposed sanctions on Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad...

Pakistan Minister Fawad Chaudhry on Wednesday urged the government to cut diplomatic ties with New Delhi following the Indian government's decision to abrogate Article 370...

Maldives on Wednesday showed support for India's decision to repeal Article 370 by highlighting that it considers the move as an "internal matter.""The Maldives considers...

An earthquake measuring 5.9 on the Richter Scale rattled the Hindu Kush region of Afghanistan on Thursday morning, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said.The...

The Philippines declared a national dengue epidemic on Tuesday (Aug 6) after hundreds of people died of the disease this year.There were 146,062 cases of...

Thai authorities recovered an unexploded firebomb at a market in central Bangkok on Wednesday (Aug 7) in what they said was a device left over...

An increase in global warming from 1.5 to 2 degrees Celsius above late 19th-century levels would cause tens of thousands of extra deaths in China's...

Veteran Indian politician Sushma Swaraj, who most recently served as minister of external affairs, died on Tuesday (Aug 6), following a cardiac arrest. She was...

 North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said the country's latest missile launches were a warning to Washington and Seoul over their joint war games, state...

Chinese companies have stopped buying US agricultural products, China's Commerce Ministry said on Tuesday (Aug 6), a blow to US farmers who have already seen...

A Chinese national has been arrested for smuggling gold into Nepal by the customs officers at Tribhuwan International Airport on Sunday night.The officers have also...

North Korea threatened on Tuesday (Aug 6) to carry out more weapons tests after it fired its fourth set of projectiles in less than two...

Pakistan on Monday (Aug 5) condemned India's move to abolish Kashmir's special status as "illegal", insisting it was an internationally recognised disputed territory.The decision by...

Rescuers recovered more bodies in rough seas where three ferry boats capsized after being buffeted by fierce winds and waves off two central Philippine provinces,...

At least two people were killed while three others were wounded after an improvised explosive device (IED) exploded in the fifth street of Taimani in...

Authorities in Indian-administered Kashmir placed large parts of the disputed region under lockdown early on Monday (Aug 5) while India sent in tens of thousands...

A 15-year-old girl from London was reported missing on Sunday (Aug 4) while she was on holiday in the Malaysian state of Negeri Sembilan. Nora Quoirin,...

 President Ram Nath Kovind returned home on Sunday after a successful week-long official tour to the West African nations of Benin, The Gambia, and Guinea.During...

Five people died and several were injured after a powerful undersea earthquake rocked Indonesia's heavily populated Java island, triggering a brief tsunami warning, the national...

Footage emerged Saturday (Aug 3) of the moment a bomb exploded in a Bangkok mall as the city hosted a major summit, the device apparently...

Freshly harvested cocoa pods at a farm in Melaka will leave one in awe of nature's wonders. They came in colourful hues, ranging from deep purple...

Three people were injured after a tour bus skidded off a bridge in Malaysia on Saturday (Aug 3), plunging 10m and landing beside a large...

JAKARTA: Four people died and several were injured after a powerful undersea earthquake rocked Indonesia's heavily populated Java island, triggering a brief tsunami warning, the...

A pregnant woman, who is believed to be an Indonesian citizen and a member of Islamic State, has been found dead in a Syrian refugee...

China urged non-Asian nations to avoid sowing "distrust" and division over contested seas on Wednesday (Jul 31) in a swipe at the US shortly before...

The United States believes that Hamza bin Laden, a son of slain Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and himself a notable figure in the militant...

High temperature in Japan that rose sharply following the end of the rainy season across most areas in the country last week has killed at...

The US-China rivalry is set to be sharpened at a Bangkok summit starting on Wednesday (Jul 31), where Washington's top diplomat will insist his nation...

At least 28 people were killed in a bomb blast on Herat-Kandahar Highway on Wednesday morning, officials said.The deceased included women and children, TOLO news...

Renewed clashes broke out between pro-democracy protesters and police in Hong Kong on Tuesday (Jul 30) night after dozens of demonstrators were charged with rioting...

North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles early on Wednesday (Jul 30), the South Korean military said, only days after it launched two other missiles...

The Sultan of Pahang, Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah, was installed as the 16th king of Malaysia on Tuesday (Jul 30) in a ceremony steeped...

China will strengthen anti-terrorism, law enforcement and security cooperation with Pakistan so as to provide a security guarantee to the construction of the CPEC, a...

Singapore and Malaysia can work "more closely" together on many areas despite recent differences over issues such as water and maritime boundaries, said Singapore's Deputy...

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is working towards facilitating a regional payments system, as the digital economy becomes the next key driver for...

Britain seizing an Iranian oil tanker off the coast of Gibraltar earlier this month constituted a violation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPoA),...

Just a day after a suicide attack targetted Afghanistan's Ghazni, another explosive-laden car detonated in the province's Ab Band district early Sunday morning, a local...

Rescuers in India on Saturday safely evacuated all 700 passengers from a train after it got stuck in monsoon floodwaters between two stations near Mumbai,...

A North Korean boat with three crewmen crossed the de facto maritime border with South Korean and has been towed to a port, Yonhap news...

A North Korean boat with three crewmen crossed the de facto maritime border with South Korean and has been towed to a port, Yonhap news...

The death toll in a landslide which buried a village in southwest China rose to 36, state broadcaster CCTV said on Sunday (Jul 28), with...

At least 600 people have been killed and over 25 million others affected by flooding due to the torrential monsoon rains in Bangladesh, India, Nepal...

Hong Kong police fired tear gas Saturday at protesters holding a banned rally against suspected triad gangs who beat up pro-democracy demonstrators near the Chinese...

At least 114 people have been killed due to excessive flooding triggered by incessant rains and a deluge from Himalayan rivers in India and Nepal,...

Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) president Anwar Ibrahim has dismissed speculation that his deputy Azmin Ali is planning to quit the party."I did not hear anything...

Eight people were killed and dozens injured when twin earthquakes struck islands in the northern Philippines early Saturday (Jul 27) while many were still asleep,...

The two Indians on board an Iranian cargo vessel 'Shabahang,' which sank near the Lankaran port here on Friday, were rescued along with seven of...

The women step onto the stage at this Thai disco in central Singapore. They form a neat line. Their posture is good. They stand straight, with their...

A 59-year-old Indian-origin cleaner was fined 4,500 singaporean dollars on Wednesday for putting a toy grenade in an upright manner at a fire-hydrant outside Singapore's...

After months of delays and political bickering, Afghanistan is preparing for presidential elections with a risk of more of the bloodshed and fraud allegations that...

Hong Kong soccer fans sang protest songs and waved anti-government banners as politics spilled into the sporting arena on Wednesday (Jul 24) during a friendly...

After returning from a holiday in Europe in June, polytechnic lecturer Patricia Tay wanted a destination closer to home for her next family getaway at...

Li Peng, a former hard-line Chinese premier best known for announcing martial law during the 1989 Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests, has died. He was 91.The...

Successive governments in Pakistan did not tell the truth to the United States, in particular in the last 15 years, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan...

High-profile Philippine journalist Maria Ressa's libel trial opens Tuesday (Jul 23) in a case that press freedom advocates see as government retaliation for her news...

Buoyed by US President Donald Trump's offer of mediation on Kashmir, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday said that the contentious issue between the...

Strains of malaria resistant to two key anti-malarial medicines are becoming more dominant in Vietnam, Laos and northern Thailand after spreading rapidly from Cambodia, scientists...

The South Korean military fired two warning shots at a Russian military aircraft that entered South Korean airspace on Tuesday (Jul 23), the Ministry of...

Pakistan legal team on Tuesday reached The Hague in the Netherlands, a day before International Court of Justice (ICJ) is expected to announce its verdict...

Floods have forced more than 4 million people from their homes across India, Nepal and Bangladesh and killed more than 100 people as torrential rains...

In his strongest comments yet on a growing trade dispute, South Korea’s president urged Japan on Monday to lift recently tightened controls on high-tech exports...

Despite India's protest, some pro-Khalistanis still hold key positions in the Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (PSGPC).It has been revealed that Ameer Singh, brother of...

Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB) on Monday said that smuggling through border cannot be fully stopped as it is associated with the livelihood of poor people...

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Monday protesters who clashed with police on the weekend were rioters, a legally loaded term in the city,...

Farmers in eastern Thailand on Saturday celebrated the start of the sowing season by racing their buffaloes, whose usual duty is to plow the fields.The...

Nepal will raise visa fees for foreign tourists from July 17, authorities have said.Citing the Department of Immigration (DoI), The Himalayan Times reported on late...

Freed after years in jihadist captivity, Jihan faced an agonising ultimatum: abandon her three small children fathered by an Islamic State fighter or risk being...

A mini-truck with a digital poster displaying an anti-Pakistan slogan was spotted outside the Lord's cricket stadium here shortly before the World Cup final between...

At least 43 people were killed and 20 others sustained injuries due to the havoc created by floods and landslides triggered by torrential rainfall, the...

Several thousand Hong Kong people marched on Saturday (Jul 13) to protest against mainland Chinese traders in a border town, tapping into sentiment behind huge...

Former Bangladesh military dictator Hussain Muhammad Ershad died on Sunday (Jul 14) aged 89, after weeks in a Dhaka hospital, officials said.General Ershad ruled Bangladesh...

The mastermind behind the production and circulation of the sex video implicating a federal minister, which went viral last month, has been identified, Inspector-General of...

India is looking to take a giant leap in its space program and solidify its place among the world’s spacefaring nations with its second unmanned...

At least six people were injured and some buildings damaged on Saturday when an earthquake sent terrified residents of the southern Philippines fleeing their homes...

A Pakistani anti-corruption court judge on Friday was directed to “stop working” after a top court asked the law ministry to remove him from the...

South Korea's acquisition of American F-35 stealth fighter jets will force North Korea to develop and test "special armaments" to destroy the new weapons, North...

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen left for the United States on Thursday (Jul 11) on a trip that has angered Beijing, warning democracy must be defended...

The Sri Lankan government has said it will decrease ground handling charges for airlines and slash aviation fuel and embarkation taxes to help the country's...

A billionaire Chinese property tycoon was formally arrested for suspected child molestation Wednesday, state media said, in a case that has sparked anger over attempts...

Pakistan's economy is at a "critical juncture" where it needs an ambitious and bold set of reforms, the International Monetary Fund has said, days after...

Hong Kong's pro-Beijing leader Carrie Lam on Tuesday said, a widely loathed proposal to allow extraditions to the Chinese mainland "is dead" -- but again...

Tthe State Department said on Tuesday (Jul 9), ahead of fresh talks with Pyongyang supposed to take place this month.US President Donald Trump and North...

Thai military chief Prayuth Chan-ocha on Tuesday (Jul 9) ordered an end to military rule before his new civilian government is sworn in, but kept...

Iran on Monday began enriching uranium to 4.5%, just breaking the limit set by its nuclear deal with world powers, while it is still seeking...

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said Tuesday the effort to amend an extradition bill was dead, but it wasn’t clear if the legislation was being...

The UN rights office on Monday said that India and Pakistan failed to improve the situation in Kashmir and have not taken any concrete steps...

Intelligence inputs have revealed that Pakistan-based terror outfits Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) and Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) have joined hands with Afghan insurgent groups like Haqqani Network and Afghan...

Yemen's Houthi rebels on Saturday claimed that they have launched fresh drone strikes targetting two airports in Saudi Arabia.A Houthi military spokesperson said that the...

Pakistan's accountability judge Arshad Malik, who sent former prime minister Nawaz Sharif to jail, on Sunday alleged that Sharif's daughter Maryam tried to bribe him...

Iran announced on Sunday it will shortly boost its uranium enrichment above a cap set by a landmark 2015 nuclear deal, a major breach likely...

Anti-government protesters in Hong Kong plan to rally later on Sunday (Jul 7) outside a controversial station where high-speed trains depart for the Chinese mainland...

In this teeming capital city of more than 20 million people, a worsening drought is amplifying the vast inequality between India's rich and poor.The politicians,...

Sri Lanka is moving to curtail Saudi Arabian influence, after some politicians and Buddhist monks blamed the spread of the kingdom’s ultraconservative Wahhabi school of...

An Iranian Revolutionary Guards commander threatened on Friday to seize a British ship in retaliation for the capture of an Iranian supertanker by Royal Marines...

The Iraqi government’s move this week to place Iranian-backed militias under the command of the armed forces is a political gamble by a prime minister...

 After nearly two decades in Afghanistan, the United States is racing to reach an agreement with the Taliban within two months, but a broader peace...

Malaysia on Friday (Jul 5) charged the Hollywood producer stepson of former prime minister Najib Razak with money laundering, alleging he misappropriated US$248 million linked...

Thousands of mothers marched in Hong Kong on Friday (Jul 5) in support of students who have taken to the streets in recent weeks to...

Pakistani authorities on Wednesday booked 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks mastermind Hafiz Saeed and his 12 accomplices for "terrorism financing" in 23 cases, amidst growing international...

A Bangladeshi court on Wednesday sentenced nine activists of a Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) led alliance to death and 25 others to life in prison...

Iran's President warned that Tehran will increase its enrichment of uranium to "any amount that we want" beginning on Sunday, putting further pressure on European...

The Pentagon said on Tuesday (Jul 2) a recent Chinese missile launch in the South China Sea was "disturbing" and contrary to Chinese pledges that...

Heavy monsoon rains caused the breach of a small dam in western India, washing away dozens of homes and killing at least six people with...

The bodies of two girls were found in a canal in the northern state of Perak, authorities in Malaysia said on Tuesday (Jul 2).Police believe...

Japan's southern city of Kagoshima on Wednesday (Jul 3) ordered its nearly 600,000 residents to take shelter in evacuation centres and other safe areas as...

Hundreds of protesters swarmed into Hong Kong’s legislature Monday night, defacing portraits of lawmakers and spray-painting pro-democracy slogans in the chamber before vacating it as...

A man shot his wife, their two children, and six of her family members on Monday and then burned the bodies when he set her...

Unfazed by Pakistan's powerful military, a leading newspaper has criticised army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa for "encroaching on the political realm" by taking sides,...

China's central government condemned on Tuesday (Jul 2) the ransacking of Hong Kong's legislature and said it backed the city authorities to investigate the "criminal...

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen will spend four nights in the United States this month while visiting Caribbean diplomatic allies, her government said on Monday (Jul...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump agreed at their meeting on Sunday to push forward dialogue for making a new...

At least eight election commission employees were killed in a Taliban attack in southern Afghanistan, officials said Sunday.The Taliban used explosive-filled vehicles to attack Maruf...