Typhoon Melor carves through the central Philippines bringing heavy rain and strong winds that left millions without power and at least three people dead, officials say.

Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej makes a rare public appearance, amid concerns for his ailing health.

Presently, Afghanistan is one of the most challenging places in the world to be a woman, bit it was not always such a repressive country. Photographs from the 1950s and 60s depict a very different Afghanistan.

Myanmar's feared former junta leader Than Shwe has endorsed his one-time nemesis Aung San Suu Kyi as a "future leader" of the

Myanmar's democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi held talks yesterday with the president and military chief about the handover of power, the first such discussions since her opposition party's election triumph.

Two prominent Thai opposition leaders were detained by soldiers yesterday as they tried to visit a public park at the centre of a corruption scandal that has

Myanmar's top leaders will hold talks this week with opposition chief Aung San Suu Kyi, the first since her party's landmark election success, officials said yesterday.

Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan joins the rising chorus of protest against growing "intolerance" in India.

Hopes faded yesterday that any of 100 people still missing would be found alive two days after a landslide near a jade mine in northern

Hopes faded that any of 100 people still missing would be found alive two days after a landslide near a jade mine in northern Myanmar smashed into a makeshift settlement, burying mine workers as they slept.

At least 90 people have died in a huge landslide in a remote jade mining area of northern Myanmar, officials say as search teams continued to find bodies in one of the deadliest disasters to strike the country's shadowy jade industry.

Asia-Pacific leaders meeting in Malaysia yesterday condemned the string of Islamic extremist attacks from Paris to Mali, urging an international effort to fight the scourge.

Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi has rebuked some politicians from her victorious National League for Democracy (NLD) for exceeding an internal election spending limit amid worries the beaten ruling party may seek to challenge poll results, an NLD source said.

Malaysian authorities say already tight security has been increased at and near the venue of the ASEAN summit following a reported, but unconfirmed, terrorist threat.

About six thousand people of five villages under Kundopukur union of Sadar upazila under the district have to depend on a risky bamboo bridge to cross the Khatamari River.

The central bank appoints four observers to the boards of four state-owned commercial banks.

Expressing disappointment over today’s Supreme Court verdict, son of war criminal Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed said his family has been deprived of justice.

A man died after taking spurious liquor in Nilokkhia Bazar area under Nilokkhia union in Bakshiganj upazila yesterday.

At least 59 BNP-Jamaat men were arrested during special drives by law enforcers in Gaibandha, Chapainawabganj, Jhenidah, Bogra and

A landslide engulfs homes in China kills at least 16 people, with 21 still missing, as heavy rains brought misery across a swathe of the country.