World / Asia

Bangkok: Thailand's cabinet endorsed a bill aimed at tackling the kingdom's poor air quality on Tuesday, clearing the way for parliament to start...

Tokyo: The death toll from the powerful earthquake that flattened parts of central Japan on January 1 passed 200 on Tuesday, with just...

Phnom Penh: Dribbling a football, Antoine Lemarie might be thousands of miles from home, but the journeyman is now on top of the...

While recent tensions in the South China Sea have highlighted the Philippines’ maritime vulnerabilities, the more insidious risk of state-sponsored cyberattacks - and...

Shika, Japan: The number of people unaccounted for after Japan's New Year's Day earthquake more than tripled on Monday to 323 while the...

New Delhi: India's top court said Monday that 11 murderers convicted of a gang rape that drew global outrage but who were released...

Peshawar, Pakistan: A roadside bomb killed at least five police officers deployed to protect polio vaccination workers in northwestern Pakistan on Monday, officials...

Jakarta: Indonesia's presidential candidates held a second debate on Sunday, where they discussed defence, geopolitics, and diplomacy. Defence Minister Prabowo Subianto, former Central...

Dhaka: Vote counting was underway Sunday in Bangladesh's parliamentary election that was fraught with violence and a boycott from the main opposition party,...

The Seoul Metropolitan Government on Sunday announced its plan to complete seismic reinforcement of all public facilities by 2030. The "Comprehensive Plan on...

Seoul, South Korea: South Korea accused North Korea of firing artillery shells near their tense sea boundary for a third straight day on...

Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh: Some 4,000 Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh have been left without shelter after a suspected arson attack ripped through their camp...

Thimpu, Bhutan: The picturesque Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan holds general elections on Tuesday with serious economic challenges calling into question its longstanding policy...

Dhaka: Bangladesh was voting Sunday in an election guaranteed to give a fifth term in office to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, after a...

Suzu, Japan: A woman in her 90s trapped for five days under the rubble by a huge earthquake in central Japan was rescued...

Yeonpyeong, South Korea: When a North Korean artillery shell slammed into his house and burned it to the ground in 2010, Jung Chang-kuan...

New Delhi: India's solar observation mission on Saturday entered the Sun's orbit after a four-month journey, the latest success for the space exploration...

Seoul: North Korea's military fired over 60 artillery rounds near Yeonpyeong Island on Saturday, Seoul's military said, a day after both sides staged...