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Hun Sen coasts to win after opposition silenced

Cambodia’s ruling party won an expected victory in an election Sunday widely considered illegitimate after...

Typhoon slams into Japan, approaches disaster-hit regions

A powerful typhoon slammed into central Japan early on Sunday (Jul 29), prompting local authorities...

China's premier says Tibet inseparable part of country's 'sacred' territory

Tibet is an inseparable part of China's "sacred" territory, and religious figures should promote national...

Muslim survivors of Indian massacre shaken by citizenship test

Thirty-six years after losing his parents, sister and a four-year-old daughter in one of India's...

Cambodia sets up polling stations in preparation for Sunday election

At the Toul Kork Primary School in the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh volunteers swept classrooms...

Resignation of Khazanah board 'clears deck' for restructuring: Mahathir

The resignation of Khazanah Nasional’s managing director and board members will enable the government to...

Steps taken by Pakistan were at odds with stated goal of free, fair and transparent polls: US

Some steps, including the curbs on freedom of expression and association taken by authorities in...

Backlash feared in Pakistan

Political analysts in Pakistan fear choppy waters lie ahead for the politics in the country...

China’s atomic clock in space improving navigation system

The world’s first atomic clock in space is expected to give a big boost to...

South Korea to reduce length of mandatory military service

The South Korean military will gradually shorten the length of its mandatory military service, local...

Famous Hong Kong feng shui master passes away

Hong Kong’s most prolific feng shui expert has died. Master Choi Pak-lai, who offered some...

China truce in doubt, small American firms brace for tariff barrel bomb

There was an air of desperation about panelists testifying before American trade officials this week,...

Vaccine scandals taint Beijing's ambition to become a global pharmaceutical powerhouse

Recent scandals about substandard pharmaceutical drugs will likely jeopardize Beijing's ambitions to become a international...

Terrorism, corruption and Chinese investment: The stakes in Pakistan’s second-ever democratic vote

Violence continues to maul Pakistan's voters as a suicide blast in northwestern Quetta killed at...

Pakistan in electoral chaos despite cheers from Imran supporters

Pakistan was gripped by electoral chaos on Thursday with the outgoing ruling party denouncing "blatant...

Death toll in IS suicide bombings, shootings in Syria rise to nearly 250

The death toll in coordinated Islamic State group suicide bombings and shootings in southern Syria...