The Islamic State group issued a cryptic warning before multiple blasts hit the Indonesian capital Jakarta yesterday, killing at least sevenpeople, police said.

A "Paris-style" suicide strike on the Indonesian capital Thursday confirmed Southeast Asian governments' worst fears -- that citizens returning from fighting alongside the Islamic State group in the Middle East could launch attacks at home.

At least 15 people have been killed in a suspected suicide bombing outside a polio vaccination centre in the south-western Pakistani city of Quetta.

Scientists in the US make detailed 3D maps of the cavities carved by comet dust in blocks of foam carried by Nasa's Stardust spacecraft.

A collective role of international community is needed in addressing the plight of the Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar, said Foreign Minister

For decades, astronomers observe the space around black holes for the occasional flare of light, signaling that a cosmic feeding is underway.

Chief of People's Democratic Party (PDP) Mehbooba Mufti is chosen as the next Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir.

Hindu temples in southern India began turning away devotees wearing western clothes after a court order banning jeans and shorts as "inappropriate" for spiritual worship came into effect.

Families of those killed in an AirAsia plane crash in Indonesia demanded yesterday the airline apologise for negligence after a probe showed faulty equipment

Dozens of people were feared dead in Myanmar after a landslide hit a jade mining region, workers at a local mining firm said, the second such incident in just over a month.

The death toll from a ferry disaster in central Indonesia has climbed to 20, an official said yesterday, though nearly 60 people remain missing five days after

Thai authorities must step up witness protection for a major human trafficking trial with the accused including an army general and one investigator fleeing the country fearing for his life, activists said on Thursday as the first witnesses gave evidence. The case includes 88 defendants allegedly involved with lucrative smuggling gangs that were trafficking Rohingyas fleeing persecution in Myanmar, holding them for ransom in jungle camps before granting onward passage to Malaysia.

Rescuers scrabble through the aftermath of a huge three-day-old landslide discover two people alive in the mud as China's cabinet announced a probe into the country's latest industrial accident.

More than 50 Indonesian companies are being punished for their role in causing the haze that blanketed South East Asia earlier this year.

Two children have become the first victims found following a ferry accident in central Indonesia, an official says, as search and rescue teams continue scouring the rough seas for survivors.

UK astronaut Tim Peake thanks the thousands of people around the world who sent him a good luck message, as he spends his first weekend in space.

Aung San Suu Kyi is sending her newly-elected MPs on a crash course on Myanmar's parliament as they prepare to take their seats for the first time early next year, her party said yesterday.

Police in the Indian capital, Delhi, say they have arrested two key members of the "Indian branch" of al-Qaeda.

Typhoon Melor causes heavy flooding and kills at least 9 people, authorities say.

Malala Yousafzai condemns a call by US presidential hopeful Donald Trump to ban Muslims from entering the US.