World / Asia

RAIGAUN, Nepal:  On a recent summer morning, Suntali Rai was busy counting and stacking zinc sheets as she prepared to lay them on...

New Delhi: She was at the peak of her career when she decided to step into motherhood, but tennis star Sania Mirza, who...

BANGKOK, The Thai capital is considering jailing people who feed pigeons in public to try to eliminate the risk of bird flu and...

Mumbai, A passenger was kicked off an Indian flight after he tried to access the cockpit to charge his phone, the airline said...

Sydney, Australia's scandal-plagued banks are braced for "judgement day", as a public inquiry into industry misconduct prepares to publish its initial findings after...

KABUL, Afghanistan: The U.N. mission in Afghanistan says 21 civilians were killed in two separate airstrikes over the weekend. It says in a...

New Delhi: India's top court Wednesday upheld the legality of the government's Aadhaar national identity project, the world's largest biometric database, but imposed...

BEIJING: China will crack down on government departments responsible for "zombie" websites that have not been updated for years, telephone lines that are...

Beijing: China expressed "strong dissatisfaction" on Tuesday over US plans to sell a batch of military parts to the self-governing island of Taiwan,...

Manila: A Philippine lawmaker fiercely critical of President Rodrigo Duterte's drug war was arrested Tuesday on previously dismissed charges, a move condemned by...

Mumbai, An Indian passenger sparked panic in mid-air when he tried to open a plane door, apparently mistaking it for the toilet, the...

Bangkok, The bodies of a wealthy British retiree and his Thai wife were found buried on their own property Tuesday a week after...

KHAR, Pakistan: A Pakistani government official says gunmen have shot and killed a policeman assigned to protect polio workers in the country's northwest....

Koror, Palau, DHL heir and convicted drug trafficker Larry Hillbroom Jr was given permission Tuesday to leave the Pacific nation of Palau to...

Tokyo, Tokyo police said Tuesday they had arrested a 49-year-old woman suspected of dumping a stillborn baby's body in a coin locker, amid...

BEIJING: A senior Chinese official said on Tuesday that it is difficult to proceed with trade talks with the United States while Washington...

BANDUNG, Indonesia: Millions of landless peasants and indigenous people in Indonesia are being left out of an ambitious push by the government to...

KUALA LUMPUR:  The destruction of crops by a powerful typhoon will push people in the Philippines deeper into poverty and prolong recovery efforts,...