Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Tuesday (May 7) it was unacceptable for Australian defence personnel to be put at risk in international airspace...

At least 15 people have died after landslides and flooding in central Indonesia swept away dozens of houses and damaged roads, the country's disaster agency...

Indonesia's remote Mount Ruang volcano erupted several times again on Tuesday (Apr 30), the country's volcanology agency said, forcing evacuations, the closure of a nearby...

Mr Sushil is still shaken by the death in February of fellow student Amarnath Ghosh, a 34-year-old classical dancer from India. Local police are investigating...

After fleeing famine in North Korea, Kim Cheol Ok laid low in China for decades - until a doomed run for freedom got her sent...

Eleven people are missing following storms that battered southern China, state media said on Monday (Apr 22), with tens of thousands evacuated away from the...

Three Reuters sources said on Wednesday (Apr 17) that the US, South Korea, and Japan are pushing for a new multi-national panel of experts, possibly...

After his brother was murdered in anti-Muslim riots, Pervez Qureshi watched the videos he believes incited the killers, part of a wave of hatred being...

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Monday (Apr 1) slammed the "cartel" of medics who oppose sector reforms, saying the government would not back...

North Korea's Kim Jong Un inspected a tank unit which once invaded Seoul during the Korean War, state media reported on Monday (Mar 25), with...

The Philippines accused the China Coast Guard of blocking a Filipino supply vessel and damaging it with water cannon on Saturday morning (Mar 23) off...

Known as “Golden March” and “Silver April”, the months following the Spring Festival are the peak hiring season in China. The job market has been...

India's government has announced plans to enact a controversial citizenship law that has been criticised for being anti-Muslim. The Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) will allow...

Two Filipino crew members were among those killed in a missile attack by Yemen's Houthi rebels on a ship in the Gulf of Aden, the...

India police have arrested five more men in connection with the gang rape of a Spanish tourist, taking the total detained to eight, local media...

Pakistan's recent elections were supposed to bring in a period of stability, badly needed to deal with crippling inflation and bitter political divides in the...

South Korean nurses have been given legal protection to perform some medical procedures normally conducted by doctors, the health minister said on Tuesday (Feb 27),...

Fifteen people have been killed and more than 40 injured after a fire ripped through an apartment building in eastern China, local authorities said.Footage shared...

China offered to support long-time strategic partner Hungary on public security issues, going beyond trade and investment relations, during a rare meeting with Prime Minister...

There are no off-limits or restricted areas for fishing around a group of Taiwanese islands close to China's coast, and Beijing reserves the right to...

A political stalemate in Pakistan, after an inconclusive election, ended with Shehbaz Sharif chosen to lead the country again, while efforts were underway on Wednesday...

A Catholic church balcony collapsed, killing an elderly woman and injuring 53 during a packed mass in the Philippines on Ash Wednesday (Feb 14), when...

Pakistan's two largest political parties were on Monday (Feb 12) wrangling over who will be prime minister after an inconclusive election last week forced them...

North Korea has successfully developed a new ballistic control system for a multiple rocket launcher along with controllable shells, state media KCNA reported on Monday...

Taiwan's defence ministry said on Sunday (Feb 11) it had detected eight Chinese balloons crossing the Taiwan Strait in the previous 24 hours, of which...

Former Pakistani prime ministers and bitter rivals Nawaz Sharif and Imran Khan on Friday (Feb 9) both declared victory in elections marred by delayed results...

Millions of Pakistanis began voting on Thursday (Feb 8) in an election marred by allegations of poll rigging, with the country's most popular politician in...

When it comes to political contests, Central Java is one of Indonesia’s hottest battlegrounds.With a total of 28.2 million voters this year, the province will...

Freezing rain, snow and ice have complicated the journey home for many in central and eastern China, as billions travel ahead of the Spring Festival...

The expected arrival of a Chinese research ship in the Maldives this week has escalated tensions between Beijing, Delhi and Male.Officially, the vessel Xiang Yang...

From prime minister to prison in less than two years, Imran Khan and his party have fallen dramatically from political grace.But the PTI says it...

Mr Wee Cho Yaw, the former chairman and CEO of Singapore bank UOB, has died at the age of 95.Mr Wee is one of Southeast...

The wife of former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan - jailed alongside her husband on Wednesday (Jan 31) for 14 years for graft - is...

Taiwan's government expressed anger after China "unilaterally" changed a flight path close to the sensitive median line in the Taiwan Strait, saying it appeared to...

Hong Kong's leader confirmed on Tuesday (Jan 30) his intention to pass fresh national security laws soon, adding insurrection and other crimes not covered by...

The Chinese coastguard said it had made "temporary special arrangements" to allow the Philippines to deliver supplies to troops at a grounded World War Two-era...

North Korea fired several cruise missiles on Sunday (Jan 28), Seoul's military said, the latest in a series of tension-raising moves by the nuclear-armed state.The...

More than 30 Chinese military aircraft were detected around Taiwan in a 24-hour window, Taipei's defence ministry said Saturday (Jan 27), marking the largest show...

Singapore and China have agreed to a 30-day mutual visa-free entry for their citizens, close to two months after the proposal was first announced.Government representatives...

China and Nauru formally re-established diplomatic relations on Wednesday (Jan 24), after the tiny South Pacific nation cut ties with Taiwan.The foreign ministers of the...

Rescuers raced on Tuesday (Jan 23) to find dozens of people still trapped after a landslide struck a remote and mountainous part of southwestern China,...

China’s imports of durians soared last year, but its main supplier, Thailand, has been losing market share as the world’s chief buyer of the pungent...

Authorities in central China's Henan Province were on Sunday (Jan 21) looking into the cause of a night-time fire that killed 13 schoolchildren as they...

Seoul's chief of police has been charged with professional negligence over the deadly 2022 Halloween crush that killed nearly 160 people, prosecutors in the South...

Taiwan's remaining Pacific Island allies have pledged support in the wake of Nauru cutting ties on Monday (Jan 15), days after a presidential election, a...

Malaysia will review bilateral agreements with 15 nations from which it sources labourers in a bid to address exploitative practices and manpower imbalances that have...

Kim Jong Un says that unification with South Korea is no longer possible and North Korean state media has reported that three organisations dealing with...

China said "reunification" with Taiwan remained "inevitable" after president-elect William Lai Ching-te won Saturday's (Jan 13) pivotal election on the self-ruled island that Beijing claims...

China has warned voters in Taiwan to make the "right choice", two days before presidential elections on the self-ruled island which Beijing claims.A win for...

Malaysia's anti-graft investigators have questioned former prime minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob as part of a probe into possible misconduct involving some RM700 million (US$150.86 million)...

Former prime minister Tshering Tobgay's party won Bhutan's election on Tuesday (Jan 9), media reported, after polls were dominated by economic threats challenging the Himalayan...

South Korea's parliament is expected to vote on Tuesday (Jan 9) to phase out the eating and selling of dog meat, a move that would...

Bangladesh's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has secured her fourth straight term in a controversial election.Ms Hasina will serve another five years in office after her...

Taiwan's defence ministry condemned Beijing on Saturday (Jan 6) for sending balloons across the median line that separates the self-ruled island and China, saying they...

Chinese state media unveiled new images of China's most advanced aircraft carrier yet, including next-generation launch tracks that can catapult a wider range of aircraft...

Japanese rescuers scrambled to search for survivors on Wednesday (Jan 3) as authorities warned of landslides and heavy rain after a powerful earthquake that killed...

South Korea's opposition Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung was stabbed in the neck during a visit to the southern city of Busan on Tuesday (Jan...

Taiwan's relations with China must be decided by the will of the people and peace must be based on "dignity", President Tsai Ing-wen said on...