World / Asia

HANOI, Vietnam: Rescuers have recovered the bodies of three military personnel on a helicopter that crashed into a mountain during a training flight...

BANGKOK: Thai police are investigating 12 new complaints of royal defamation found on social media lodged since the death of King Bhumibol Adulyadej...

Jakarta: The Indonesian capital Jakarta, one of the world's most overcrowded and polluted megacities, has launched a new bid to rid its streets...

New Delhi: At least 22 people have been killed in two separate fires in India, most of them patients who were trapped in...

MANILA: People in the Philippines still trust the United States far more than China, an opinion poll showed on Tuesday, despite President Rodrigo...

BEIJING: With a tale of a dead pet tortoise given Buddhist rites and a senior official shedding tears for his crimes, state television...

Dhaka: Bangladesh police said Monday they have arrested the main suspect in the murders of a gay activist and a secular blogger who...

SYDNEY: Many of the 410 asylum seekers held on a tiny Pacific Island are being driven to attempt suicide to escape the prison-like...

Moscow: An unidentified man on Monday blew himself up at the state-owned TV centre in Abkhazia, a tiny Russian-backed breakaway region of Georgia,...

Bangkok: A 96-year-old former general has become temporary regent after Thailand's Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn, in a surprise move, delayed his own proclamation...

Sydney: A powerful earthquake measuring 6.9 magnitude struck off the coast of New Britain island in Papua New Guinea on Monday, the US...

Beijing: A 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck China's northwestern province of Qinghai on Monday, the US Geological Survey reported, in an area frequently plagued...

Yangon: Searchers have recovered 25 bodies from a ferry that sank in central Myanmar and expect to find scores more corpses as workers...

Tokyo: An anti-nuclear candidate pulled off a surprise victory in a local Japanese election at the weekend, hurting Tokyo's already struggling bid to...

Chandigarh: It is hailed as India's granary, but the northwestern state of Punjab faces a drastic decline in agricultural output unless it halts...

A powerful earthquake measuring 6.9 magnitude struck off the coast of New Britain island in Papua New Guinea on Monday, the U.S. Geological...

YANGON: A ferry sank in a river in northwestern Myanmar, killing at least 14 people with scores missing, a rescue official said on...

BEIJING: A former senior Chinese energyofficial found to have more than 200 million yuan ($29.99 million) in cash at his home has been...