A United Nations human rights expert has expressed deep concern over reports that an army battalion has flown into Rakhine State in western Myanmar to help local authorities boost security in the region.

Speeding cars accompanying Nawaz Sharif's 'homecoming' motorcade crushed a nine-year-old child to death in Lalamusa, DawnNews reports.

As India and Pakistan prepare to celebrate 70 years of independence from Britain, thousands of families in the nuclear-armed neighbours remain divided by a border that strained diplomatic ties make harder to cross.

Recent satellite photos suggest North Korea could be preparing for fresh submarine-based ballistic missile tests, an expert on its military says.

Crew at the International Space Station will enjoy views of the August 21 solar eclipse during three successive orbits, reports CBS News.

The wife of ousted Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will contest a special election for the parliamentary seat her husband was forced to vacate last month after the Supreme Court disqualified him from holding office, party officials say.

Cambodia's government is putting more money into its emergency rice fund, despite farmers' lack of inclination to borrow.

A partial lunar eclipse is taking place. The eclipse began at 9:48pm and will end at 2:52am, Md Aftab, meteorologist of Bangladesh Meteorological Department in Dhaka, told The Daily Star Online.

Asia’s demographics by 2024 will look very different as India’s population is all set to surpass that of China. Although fertility is declining across the region, Asian populations will continue to grow, increasing pressure on the region’s natural resources.

Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan welcomes Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi’s call for the formation of a special committee to investigate the allegations of harassment levelled against the former by MNA Ayesha Gulalai.

Pakistan swears in its new Cabinet, following a week of turmoil that included the election of a new prime minister after the resignation of his predecessor who was dismissed from office by the country’s Supreme Court for concealing family assets.

A US exploration company has offered to take on the search for flight MH370 which was suspended earlier this year, the firm and a

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak faced renewed questions yesterday over a 2002 sale of submarines to his country after a close

Pakistani lawyer Raja Basharat files a petition in the country’s Election Commission, seeking Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman's disqualification on the basis of "shameful" allegations of harassment levelled against him by former PTI lawmaker Ayesha Gulalai.

Heavy rains have brought some of the worst floods in years to Thailand's rural northeast where 23 people have died over the past month,

Bangladesh signed an agreement with Cambodia to purchase 1 million tonnes of rice within the next five years, officials say.

Government monitoring of online activities could have a “devastating effect” on freedom of expression in Cambodia, according to a new study, with most people saying that they felt less comfortable freely expressing themselves online while under such surveillance.

A Philippine mayor accused of involvement in narcotics trafficking was shot dead along with 14 other people in a police raid yesterday.

A total of 13 people are killed after a van carrying the passengers catches fire after hitting a gas pipeline near Attock in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, rescue officials say.

Two separate meetings, headed by ousted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, PML-N leaders decide to rally behind Nawaz's younger brother, Shahbaz Sharif, as his eventual successor, and Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, is tapped to take over as interim prime minister.