Port Moresby:At least five people were killed and an estimated 1,000 homes destroyed when a magnitude 6.9 earthquake rocked Papua New Guinea, officials...
Port Moresby:At least five people were killed and an estimated 1,000 homes destroyed when a magnitude 6.9 earthquake rocked Papua New Guinea, officials...
Manila: The Philippines said Monday it had summoned a Chinese envoy over "aggressive actions" by the China Coast Guard and other vessels near...
Tokyo: Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako are expected to visit Britain for about a week in late June, local reports said Sunday,...
The bodies of two Rohingya refugees were retrieved and several more were spotted at sea Saturday, local rescuers said, days after a wooden...
Mumbai: India brought 35 accused Somali pirates to Mumbai on Saturday, days after they were apprehended when naval commandos recaptured a hijacked bulk...
Malaysia abandoned its plan to do away with automatic citizenship for foundlings and abandoned children, following weeks of public criticism against the government....
Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia said Friday it had decided against hosting the 2026 Commonwealth Games because of the costs involved, raising fresh doubts over...
Jakarta: A magnitude-6.4 offshore earthquake hit near Indonesia's Java island on Friday, the United States Geological Survey said, with the tremor felt in...
NEW DELHI: The Congress party, India’s main opposition political group, accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government on Thursday of stifling democracy and crippling...
Hanoi: Vietnamese President Vo Van Thuong resigned after a little over a year in the position, the Communist Party said yesterday, making him...
Bangkok, Thailand:Myanmar's military government is escalating violence against civilians as it faces more setbacks on the battlefield from a range of pro-democracy and...
Jakarta: Indonesia's Prabowo Subianto has been elected as president of the world's third-biggest democracy, the elections commission said on Wednesday, decisively beating two...
Islamabad: Pakistan reached a tentative deal to unlock a $1.1 billion tranche of an International Monetary Fund (IMF) bailout deal, the global lender...
Kabul, Afghanistan: Schools in Afghanistan opened for the new academic year on Wednesday, with girls lamenting being banned from joining secondary-level classes for...
Hanoi, Vietnam: Vietnam's President Vo Van Thuong has resigned after just one year in the job, the ruling Communist Party announced Wednesday, as...
Tokyo: Eight people died after a South Korean-flagged tanker capsized off Japan on Wednesday, the coast guard said, reversing its earlier statements that...
Seoul: South Korea on Wednesday announced the allocation of 2,000 new medical school admissions slots nationwide every year, moving ahead with a reform...
Quetta, Pakistan: An explosion inside a coal mine in southwest Pakistan killed 12 miners while eight were rescued, an official said Wednesday. The...
