The govt would build a memorial at Baisaran in memory of the 26 victims of the attack

The Japanese premier’s office will symbolically accept soil from near the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant to show it is safe, officials said yesterday, with reports saying it will be used in flower beds.

Japan has accused China of conducting unnotified maritime scientific research within its exclusive economic zone around its southernmost island in the Pacific Ocean, Tokyo said yesterday.

The move was a message against terrorism and violence in India’s only Muslim-majority region

This marks a significant milestone in the bloc's ongoing journey of regional integration.

A total of 200 sea turtles, including 100 acclimated to wild conditions, have recently been released into the ocean

The visit visa scam has stirred up mainstream and social media as the roles of home minister Lekhak and his private secretariat come under increasing scrutiny.

East Timor is a step closer to fulfilling its longstanding wish to join the Southeast Asian regional bloc and could become its 11th member state by October, Malaysia’s foreign minister said yesterday.

“Destructive” windstorms that raged across central and northern Pakistan after an intense heatwave have killed at least 14 people and injured over 100 more, officials said yesterday.

Mohamad's comments ahead of an ASEAN summit Monday in Kuala Lumpur come as Israel has stepped up its campaign this month in war-torn Gaza

Indian border troops shot dead a Pakistani man who they said had crossed the international frontier and did not stop when challenged, the force said yesterday.

Pakistan’s Foreign Office yesterday categorically rejected the “baseless, provocative, and irresponsible allegations” made by the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who in a heated speech accused Pakistan of carrying out terrorist attacks in his country.

A 5.7-magnitude earthquake hit near the Indonesian island of Sumatra yesterday, the United States Geological Survey said, damaging more than 100 houses with no reports of casualties.

North Korea has begun an investigation into an accident that occurred during the launch of a new warship this week, state media said Friday, assessing the damage as "not serious".

The leaders also "reaffirmed ASEAN's collective commitment" to the global free trading system

As Japan’s biggest defence exhibition kicked off this week, visitors got a close-up look at a model of its futuristic “railgun” that its makers hope will be able to shoot down hypersonic missiles.

A 1,600-year-old wooden ship, long extinct and no longer in naval service anywhere in the world, has been successfully reconstructed

Under PM Luvsannamsrain -- in power since 2021 -- Mongolia has plummeted in Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index

Indian writer, lawyer, and activist Banu Mushtaq on Tuesday won the International Booker Prize for her short story collection “Heart Lamp”.

Indian commandos yesterday killed the Maoist insurgent chief, the country’s home minister said, in what could be a decisive blow to the decades-long conflict.