The Indonesian National Police has charged two-star general Ferdy Sambo with premeditated murder, after his bodyguard died at the general’s house last month of multiple...

Sri Lanka's ousted president, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, is expected to arrive in Thailand on Thursday (Aug 11), seeking temporary shelter in a second Southeast Asian country...

Chinese and Taiwanese warships played high-seas "cat and mouse" on Sunday (Aug 7) ahead of the scheduled end of four days of unprecedented Chinese military...

Taiwan accused the Chinese army of simulating an attack on its main island on Saturday (Aug 6), as Beijing doubled down on its retaliation for...

China's launched unprecedented live-fire military drills in six areas that ring Taiwan on Thursday, a day after a visit by U.S. House of Representatives Speaker...

Russia on Tuesday (Aug 2) accused the United States of direct involvement in the Ukraine war while the first ship carrying Ukrainian grain to world...

South Korea on Wednesday (Aug 3) called for dialogue to maintain regional peace and stability as tensions between the US and China soared over US...

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi arrived in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday (Aug 2), Malaysian state media reported, her second stop in an Asian tour that...

A visit by US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan would undermine China and the United States' relationship, China's United Nations Ambassador Zhang...

South Korean parents and teachers groups protested on Monday (Aug 1) against a plan to bring forward school enrolment by one year to age five,...

North Korea on Saturday reported no new fever cases for the first time since it abruptly admitted to its first domestic COVID-19 outbreak and placed...

A Chinese rocket fell back to Earth over the Indian Ocean on Saturday (Jul 30), but NASA said that Beijing had not shared the "specific...

France's foreign ministry on Friday (Jul 29) summoned Myanmar's ambassador to Paris to protest against the execution of four political prisoners by the military junta,...

Anxious residents slept outside after hundreds of aftershocks rattled the earthquake-hit northern Philippines, locals said Thursday (Jul 28), as President Ferdinand Marcos Jr flew to...

China warned on Wednesday (Jul 27) that Washington would "bear the consequences" if US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visits Taiwan, with tensions soaring between the...

Japan's Emperor Emeritus Akihito, father of the current emperor, received a diagnosis of heart failure last month, but his condition has improved under treatment, an...

Myanmar's Southeast Asian neighbours issued a stinging rebuke on Tuesday (Jul 26) of the ruling military's execution of four political activists, calling it "highly reprehensible"...

Myanmar's military junta on Monday (Jul 25) said it had executed four democracy activists accused of helping to carry out "terror acts" in the Southeast...

North Korea accused the United States on Sunday (Jul 24) of manufacturing biological weapons in Ukraine, echoing a Russian claim dismissed by the United Nations...

China's Xinjiang on Saturday (Jul 23) warned of more flash floods and mudslides and risks to agriculture as heatwaves swept across the region, accelerating the...

As a heatwave engulfed northern and central Vietnam earlier this month, customers reaching for their phones to order food or a ride on the Grab...

Sri Lanka's six-time prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn in on Thursday (Jul 21) as president of the crisis-hit South Asian nation ahead of forming...

Indonesia's Constitutional Court on Wednesday (Jul 20) rejected a judicial review of the country's narcotics law that would have paved the way for legalising marijuana...

Sri Lankan students and other groups planned to protest on Tuesday (Jul 19) against Ranil Wickremesinghe's bid for president, as lawmakers gathered in parliament to...

Sri Lanka's acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe gazetted orders late on Sunday (Jul 17) for a state of emergency in the crisis-ridden island nation, in an...

India's parliament began voting on Monday (Jul 18) for a new president, with a female politician from the country's marginalised tribal community the favourite for...

United Arab Emirates authorities have detained Asim Ghafoor, a U.S. citizen and civil rights attorney who previously served as a lawyer for slain journalist Jamal...

Sri Lanka’s ousted president Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who fled overseas this week to escape a popular uprising against his government, has said he took "all possible...

US President Joe Biden says he raised the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi during a meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.Mr Biden is...

The heads of MI5 and the Federal Bureau of Investigation warned on Wednesday (Jul 6) about China's commercial espionage thrust in the West, in a...

Dressed in military camouflage with an assault rifle at the ready, "Prof" Yeh peers from behind a vehicle in a parking lot outside Taipei, scanning...

South Korea's President Yoon Suk-yeol ordered the military on Wednesday (Jul 6) to "promptly and sternly" retaliate in case of any North Korean provocation amid...

From the snowcapped peaks of Tibet to the tropical island of Hainan, China is sweltering under the worst heatwave in decades while rainfall hit records...

Heatwaves are predicted to sweep through northern China in the next two weeks, with more than 250 million people expected to grapple with temperatures exceeding...

Typhoon Chaba weakened into a tropical depression, but it is still expected to bring heavy rain in the central and eastern part of China over...

A Taliban-run gathering of thousands of male religious and ethnic leaders ended on Saturday (Jul 2) by asking foreign governments to formally recognise their administration...

China's first typhoon of the year brought gales and rain to its southern shores on Saturday (Jul 2), as forecasters warned of record rainfall and...

After years of putting up with occasionally poor water quality and supply disruptions of piped water provided by the city authorities, Sigit Hariyanto decided to...

Tickets for the ferry ride between Singapore’s Tanah Merah Ferry Terminal to Desaru Coast Ferry Terminal in Johor will cost S$118 (US$84.81) for a return...

Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to visit Hong Kong on Thursday (Jun 30), prompting a massive security effort ahead of celebrations marking the 25th...

 Japan braced on Wednesday (Jun 29) for its hottest day yet of a record-breaking June heatwave as fears grew about a shortage of electricity to...

Sri Lanka has suspended sales of fuel for non-essential vehicles as it faces its worst economic crisis in decades.For the next two weeks only buses,...

Japan baked under scorching temperatures for a fourth successive day on Tuesday (Jun 28), as the capital's heat broke nearly 150-year-old records for June and...

The Philippines' new first lady Louise Araneta-Marcos insists she has no interest in joining her husband's government - but observers say she is likely to...

Sri Lanka hiked fuel prices on Sunday (Jun 26), creating further pain for ordinary people as officials from the United States arrived for talks aimed...

Indonesian President Joko Widodo said on Sunday (Jun 26) he will urge his Russian and Ukrainian counterparts to open room for dialogue during a peace-building...

Japan's top court on Friday overturned a lower court ruling that dismissed a man's demand that Twitter delete posts showing his arrest history, ordering the...

Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit Hong Kong for the 25th anniversary of the city's handover to mainland China, state news agency Xinhua reported on...

The death toll from an earthquake in Afghanistan on Wednesday (Jun 22) hit 1,000, disaster management officials said, with more than 600 injured and the...

A ferry service between Tanah Merah terminal in Singapore and Desaru Coast terminal in Johor will begin operating on Jul 7.In a joint press statement...

Afghanistan's state-run news agency says at least 255 people were killed in an earthquake that struck eastern Paktika province early on Wednesday (Jun 22). The quake...

"There was water everywhere, but not a single drop to drink."That is how Ronju Chowdhary described the scene outside her house on Saturday. She lives...

Buildings shook briefly in Taipei on Monday (Jun 20) as a 6.0 magnitude earthquake struck Taiwan's eastern coast, but there were no immediate reports of...

Vast tracts of southern China were pounded by severe storms, triggering flooding in cities and mudslides in rural areas, as the first bout of summer...

China unveiled on Sunday (Jun 19) a list of Hong Kong government officials in the new administration of incoming leader John Lee, set to be...

Sri Lankan authorities on Friday (Jun 17) announced a two-week shutdown of government offices and schools, as public transport ground almost entirely to a halt...

North Korea appears to be expanding work at its nuclear test site to include a second tunnel, a US-based think tank said on Thursday (Jun...

Johor ruler c Iskandar has appointed his son, Johor Crown Prince Tunku Ismail, as regent while he takes a break from his royal duties. “The Johor...

Australia wants "broad and deep" cooperation with Japan as the two US allies face complex security circumstances in Asia as a result of Russia's invasion...

China needs to lift its sanctions on Australia to improve relations, Australia's prime minister said on Tuesday (Jun 14), as he welcomed as "a good...

Malaysian companies from palm oil plantations to semiconductor makers are refusing orders and forgoing billions in sales, hampered by a shortage of more than a...

South Korean Defence Minister Lee Jong-sup said on Sunday (Jun 12) that his country would enhance its defence capabilities and work closely with the United...

Taiwan does not want to close the door to China and is willing to engage in the spirit of goodwill, but on an equal basis...

The United States will do its part to manage tensions with China and prevent conflict even though Beijing is becoming increasingly aggressive in the Asian...

Swathes of Sri Lanka were hit by electricity cuts on Thursday (Jun 9) after a power sector union went on strike opposing new government regulations,...

A fire caused by suspected arson spread through an office building in South Korea’s Daegu city on Thursday (Jun 9), killing at least seven people...

Authorities on the southern tip of Indonesia’s Sumatra island arrested a Japanese fugitive accused of fraud in Japan in connection with the receipt of a...

Hong Kong's largest national security case was sent to trial on Tuesday, after lingering 15 months in pre-trial procedures during which most of the 47...

Firefighters in Bangladesh brought a blaze at a container depot under control on Tuesday (Jun 7), three days after fiery explosions killed at least 41...

Bangladesh authorities accused a container depot operator Monday (Jun 6) of not telling firefighters about a chemical stockpile before it exploded with devastating consequences, killing...

At least 25 people have been killed and hundreds reported injured in a huge explosion at a depot near the city of Chittagong in Bangladesh.The...

At least five people died and some 100 were injured after a massive fire tore through a container depot in Bangladesh's southeastern town of Sitakunda,...

An Indian climber banned from Everest after faking a summit of the world's highest mountain has successfully scaled the peak for real, telling AFP he...

An Iraqi-German archaeological team raced against time to excavate and document a Bronze Age city in northern Iraq before it disappeared underwater.As drought caused water...

The Chinese military said on Wednesday (Jun 1) it had conducted a combat "readiness patrol" in the seas and airspace around Taiwan in recent days,...

The United States is planning on "cooperation" between its National Guard and Taiwan's military, Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen said on Tuesday (May 31), deepening security...

For the first time in 33 years, church services to commemorate the Tiananmen crackdown will not be held in Hong Kong, erasing one of the...

Rescue workers in Nepal have so far recovered 14 bodies from the crash site of a small plane carrying 22 people that went down in...

The United States expressed concern on Saturday (May 28) over China's "efforts to restrict and manipulate" the UN human rights chief's visit to the Xinjiang...

The UN Security Council failed on Friday (May 27) to agree on a statement aimed at pushing Myanmar's junta to take steps toward a peaceful...

Fusako Shigenobu, the 76-year-old female founder of the once-feared Japanese Red Army, walked free from prison on Saturday (May 28) after completing a 20-year sentence...

Imran Khan said the Shebaz Sharif government will be happy if he continues his protest in Islamabad as that would lead to more chaos in...

A former Malaysian diplomat and his son have been arrested after a cannabis plantation with more than 100 trees was discovered in the compound of...

North Korea fired three missiles, including one thought to be an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) on Wednesday (May 25), after US President Joe Biden left...

US President Joe Biden said on Tuesday (May 24) there had been no change to the policy of strategic ambiguity on Taiwan.Asked if there had...

At least seven people were killed and scores plucked to safety in the Philippines Monday after a fire ripped through a ferry and forced passengers...

The UN human rights chief was on Monday (May 23) due to begin a six-day trip to China that takes in the remote Xinjiang region,...

President Joe Biden flies on Sunday (May 22) to Japan for the second leg of a trip intended to reinforce US leadership across Asia in...

Thousands of COVID-negative Beijing residents were forcibly relocated to quarantine hotels overnight due to a handful of infections, as the capital begins to take more...

US President Joe Biden and his new South Korean counterpart will search for ways on Saturday (May 21) to break a diplomatic stalemate with North...

More Shanghai residents were given the freedom to go out to shop for groceries for the first time in nearly two months on Thursday (May...

North Korea on Wednesday reported 232,880 new cases of fever and another six deaths as leader Kim Jong Un accused officials of “immaturity” and “slackness”...

An international drug syndicate that smuggled drugs in crayons and exported them via courier companies was busted after a man was arrested in Penang, Malaysian...

Japan said on Tuesday (May 17) it would start conducting "test tourism" in the form of limited package tours in May as a way of...

Sri Lanka was set to form a new cabinet on Monday (May 16) as bitter political rivals make common cause to tackle a worsening economic...

North Korea on Saturday (May 14) reported 21 additional deaths from "fever", two days after the country announced its first-ever cases of COVID-19 and ordered...

Israeli riot police on Friday pushed and beat pallbearers at the funeral for slain Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, causing them to briefly drop...

His beloved villa has been daubed in graffiti by protesters, and a museum dedicated to his father ransacked. Now former Sri Lankan prime minister Mahinda...

A massive protest began in front of Trincomalee naval base in eastern Sri Lanka on Tuesday as it emerged that former Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa...

China's military said on Wednesday (May 11) that it had monitored and warned a US warship that had sailed through the sensitive Taiwan Strait, a...

Sri Lanka deployed thousands of troops and police on Tuesday (May 10) to enforce a curfew after five people were killed in the worst violence...

Voting is under way in the Philippines, with millions queuing across the islands to choose their next president.The man tipped to win the presidency is...

Western multinationals and local tycoons published newspaper adverts on Monday (May 9) congratulating John Lee on becoming Hong Kong's next leader, following a rubber-stamp selection...

US President Joe Biden will travel to South Korea and Japan in May, the White House announced on Wednesday (Apr 27), paying a visit to...

China has confirmed the first known human case of the H3N8 strain of avian flu, but health authorities say there is a low risk of...

Sri Lanka must tighten monetary policy, raise taxes and adopt flexible exchange rates to address its debt crisis, a senior International Monetary Fund (IMF) official...

Fears of a hard COVID-19 lockdown sparked panic buying in Beijing as long queues formed on Monday (Apr 25) in a large central district for...

Shanghai reported 39 COVID deaths Sunday, official data showed, its highest daily toll since a weeks-long lockdown started, while China's capital Beijing warned of a...

North Korean state media on Sunday (Apr 24) trumpeted how the country has gained an "invincible power that the world cannot ignore and no one...

China should raise air quality standards as persistent smog continues to have a severe public health impact despite recent improvements, a state-funded task force said.After...

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson arrived in India on Thursday (Apr 21) touting job-creating investment but facing long odds to get his reluctant counterpart Narendra...

China's security agreement with the Solomon Islands may affect security for the region and is a probable topic for discussions between the leaders of Japan...

Outrage has erupted over the death of a Sri Lankan man who was killed when police fired live bullets at protesters, also injuring 14 others.Footage...

During a visit to Syria in 2017, Vladimir Putin lavished praise on a Syrian general whose division played an instrumental role in defeating insurgents in...

A key fuel retailer in Sri Lanka raised prices by up to 35 per cent on Monday (Apr 18) as the cash-strapped government was set...

Kim Jong Un supervised the test-firing of a new guided weapons system to improve North Korea's "tactical nukes", state media said Sunday, capping days of...

Kim Jong Un oversaw a huge public procession to celebrate the birthday of North Korea's founding leader, state media images showed on Saturday (Apr 16),...

The death toll from landslides and floods in the Philippines rose to 58 on Wednesday (Apr 13), official tallies showed, as rescuers dug up more...

Indonesia's parliament passed on Tuesday (Apr 12) a long-awaited Bill to tackle sexual violence, aimed at providing a legal framework for victims to secure justice...

Myanmar's military conducted air strikes on Sunday (Apr 10) targeting ethnic rebels in Karen state, as fresh fighting broke out for control of the town...

Candidates for Pakistan's next prime minister are due to file nomination papers on Sunday (Apr 10) after incumbent Imran Khan lost a no-confidence vote in...

A defiant Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Friday that he is in a fight to protect the country’s sovereignty and called his supporters...

A Norwegian woman who was part of a group of four divers that went missing off the coast of Mersing in Johor has been rescued...

South Korea said on Wednesday (Apr 6) it will add hundreds of international flights per week beginning in May, continuing to ease anti-coronavirus measures as...

The Japanese government flew 20 Ukrainian refugees into Tokyo on Tuesday (Apr 5) in a high-profile show of support for the international effort to help...

Sri Lanka's parliament will convene on Tuesday (Apr 5) in its first session since a state of emergency was imposed as the country grapples with...

The son of Sri Lanka's prime minister resigned from the cabinet on Monday (Apr 4) and several other members have offered to do so, a...

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan called on his supporters to take to the streets Sunday ahead of a parliamentary no-confidence vote that could see him...

Kim Yo Jong, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, on Sunday (Apr 3) condemned the South Korean defence minister's remarks about the...

Troops armed with sweeping powers to detain suspects were deployed in Sri Lanka Saturday, hours after the president declared a state of emergency as protests...

Talks on Yemen's devastating war started in the Saudi capital Wednesday, but without the Huthi rebels, hours after the Riyadh-led coalition announced a ceasefire for...

Shanghai authorities on Thursday (Mar 31) appealed to residents to keep cooperating with tight curbs imposed to stop COVID-19 spreading, saying they recognised their frustrations...

North Korea faked the launch of what analysts have dubbed its "monster missile" last week, Seoul's military said Wednesday, adding that the test was, in...

Pakistan's Parliament took up a no-confidence motion moved by opposition politicians on Monday in a bid to remove Prime Minister Imran Khan, pushing the country...

Shanghai recorded a steep climb in COVID-19 cases on Tuesday (Mar 29) as spreading anxiety in the Chinese city of about 25 million prompted panic...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has vowed to build up "overwhelming" and unstoppable military power, state media reported on Monday (Mar 28), days after...

The second black box has been recovered from a crashed China Eastern passenger plane, state media reported Sunday.The jet was flying between the cities of...

Myanmar's junta will "annihilate" coup opponents, army chief Min Aung Hlaing said on Sunday (Mar 27) as the military staged a show of force on...

Former South Korean President Park Geun-hye left hospital on Thursday (Mar 24), three months after she was released from prison where she spent nearly five...

Heavy rain in southern China on Wednesday (Mar 23) halted the search for victims and flight information black boxes that could tell why a China...

Rescuers in China scoured heavily forested slopes on Tuesday (Mar 22) with hopes fading of finding any survivors from the 132 people aboard a China...

The top two candidates in Timor-Leste's presidential poll on Tuesday (Mar 22) appeared set for a second round next month, despite the latest vote count...

Nobel laureate Jose Ramos-Horta secured a commanding lead in Timor-Leste's presidential poll at the weekend with two-thirds of the vote counted, but with the possibility...

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Sunday (Mar 20) she plans to review COVID-19 restrictions on Monday, just days after acknowledging that many financial...

China stands on the right side of history over the Ukraine crisis as time will tell, and its position is in line with the wishes...

China denied on Tuesday (Mar 15) claims by US officials that Russia had sought military assistance in Ukraine and accused Washington of spreading "malicious disinformation"...

China posted a steep jump in daily COVID-19 infections on Tuesday (Mar 15), with new cases more than doubling from a day earlier to a...

Strong and shallow earthquakes shook western Indonesia and the Philippines' main island early on Monday (Mar 14), rattling buildings and sending panicked residents fleeing, but...

Just over 30 years ago, a crackling radio in a refugee camp on the Thai border brought Sam Sophal word that the United Nations was...

Chinese health authorities reported nearly 3,400 COVID-19 cases on Sunday (Mar 13), double the previous day, forcing lockdowns on virus hotspots as the country contends...