SYDNEY: Holidaymakers trapped by bushfire had to be rescued by boat from a national park south of Australia's largest city of Sydney and...
SYDNEY: Holidaymakers trapped by bushfire had to be rescued by boat from a national park south of Australia's largest city of Sydney and...
SHANGHAI, China’s foreign ministry has accused a US warship of entering its territorial waters without permission and said it would take “necessary measures”...
Bangkok, Thai police have arrested an alleged kingpin in Asia's illegal trade in endangered species, dealing a blow to family-run syndicate that smuggles...
Seoul: South Korea has urged North Korea to explain why it abruptly suspended plans to send a delegation to prepare cultural performances during...
Seoul: Five people were killed and four others were hospitalised Saturday in an arson attack on a motel in downtown Seoul, police said....
Mathura, India: An eight-year-old boy was shot and killed in police crossfire as he played outside with friends in northern India, an officer...
Sydney: A pair of Australian swimmers on Thursday became the first people to be rescued in the ocean by a drone when the...
Srinagar, India: Three female civilians and a soldier have been killed in cross-border firing by the Indian and Pakistani armies, officials said Thursday,...
Astana, Kazakhstan, Fifty-two people were killed Thursday when the bus they were travelling on caught fire in Kazakhstan, the central Asian nation's emergency...
Malé, Maldives: The Maldives has promised to block websites seeking to radicalise its Muslim population, officials said, as the US warned extremist groups...
Chennai, India: Efforts to bolster Indian cities against climate change and make them greener must include citizens who are being hit hard by...
BEIJING, A mostly Muslim county in western China has banned children from attending religious events over a winter break, an education bureau said...
JAKARTA, Indonesia is deploying military paramedics to carry food and vaccines to a remote part of its easternmost province of Papua, where reports...
BANGKOK, Thailand’s military court on Wednesday dropped the prosecution of an 85-year-old academic who had been accused of royal insult for questioning the...
YANGON: Myanmar police shot dead seven demonstrators and 12 were injured in troubled Rakhine State, after a local gathering celebrating an ancient Buddhist...
GENEVA: A UN investigator who was denied access to Myanmar will be visiting Bangladesh and Thailand on Jan. 18-30. In December, Myanmar had...
TOKYO: The leader of the campaign group that won last year’s Nobel Peace Prize on Tuesday urged Japan to join a United Nations...
Medan, Indonesia: An Indonesian teenager was sentenced Tuesday to 18 months in prison for "insulting" President Joko Widodo on Facebook. The 18-year-old high...
