Chinese President Xi Jinping warned top EU officials yesterday that China and Europe should not view each other as rivals or “engage in confrontation” due to their different political systems,

India’ Supreme Court yesterday asked the federal government to provide data on the number of Bangladeshi immigrants granted Indian citizenship in Assam between January 1, 1966 and March 25, 1971 and the measures being taken to deal with illegal immigration into the country, particularly in north eastern states.

Malaysia has started trapping and relocating tigers after three people were killed by the critically endangered creatures in the past two months, officials said yesterday.

FBI Director Christopher Wray will visit India next week, officials said, days after Washington accused an Indian government official of directing an unsuccessful plot to assassinate a Sikh separatist on American soil.

A zoo in Pakistan has been shut down after a man was mauled to death by tigers in an attack discovered during routine cleaning, officials said today

Taiwanese prosecutors said yesterday they were investigating five people over accusations they had arranged free trips to China for dozens of voters in a bid to “influence” next month’s elections.

Police in Nepal said yesterday they had detained 12 people accused of illegally sending young men to be recruited into the Russian army, days after authorities confirmed the death of six Nepalis fighting for Moscow.

India’s Lok Sabha (LS) yesterday passed the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill, which seeks to nominate two members from the Kashmiri migrant community and one representing the displaced persons from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) to the legislative assembly.

Myanmar’s commercial hub Yangon is facing a fuel shortage, residents and junta-controlled media said yesterday, with hundreds of vehicles queueing up at dawn in the hope of securing petrol.

China began commercial operations of the world’s first next-generation, gas-cooled nuclear reactor power plant, state media reported yesterday.

More than one hundred Indonesians protested yesterday against Rohingya refugees who arrived on a western island by boat last week, calling for them to be relocated and clashing with police.

India's health ministry has ordered a probe into Apollo Hospital Delhi, part of largest private hospital chain Apollo Hospitals (APLH.NS), after media reports linked it to the illegal sale by Myanmar nationals of their kidneys for organ transplants

A bus in the Philippines carrying dozens of people lost its brakes and fell off a cliff in the central province of Antique, killing a least 16 people, local authorities said on Wednesday

A magnitude 5.7 earthquake shook the Philippine capital Manila yesterday, the US Geological Survey said, sending people rushing out of buildings and briefly halting train services in the city.

Myanmar’s junta chief has called on ethnic armed groups battling the military across the country to find a political solution, state media reported yesterday.

Nepal said it has asked Moscow not to recruit its citizens into the Russian army and immediately send back any Nepali soldier commissioned there back to Himalayan nation after revealing six soldiers serving Russia’s military had been killed.

Cyclone Michaung hit the southern India coast yesterday afternoon, after torrential rains sent tall waves crashing into coastal towns, submerging roads and killing at least 13 people, including a child.

Global media leaders have gathered in southern China's Guangzhou to discuss ways to ensure accurate reporting and ethical journalism in the age of digitalisation

Cyclone Michaung barrelled into the southern Indian coast today with winds of up to 110 kph (70 mph), its arrival preceded by intense rain and flooding that killed at least 13 people, as officials assessed the damage

A double-decker coach smashed into a tree in southern Thailand, killing at least 14 people and injuring 32, police said Tuesday