China reported two new deaths from Covid-19 yesterday, both elderly Beijing residents, as several major cities persisted with strict virus curbs despite a much-touted recent loosening.

Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim said yesterday he is in talks with the party of ex-premier Najib Razak, who is in jail for corruption, to

The United States has an “unwavering” commitment to the Philippines, US Vice President Kamala Harris told the country’s president yesterday during a visit aimed at countering China and rebuilding ties that were fractured over human rights abuses in the Southeast Asian nation.

China yesterday welcomed a deal struck at the landmark COP27 climate summit in Egypt, but warned there was still a “long way to go” for global cooperation in curbing rising temperatures.

A shallow 5.6-magnitude earthquake killed at least 162 people, with hundreds injured and others missing, when it toppled buildings and triggered landslides on Indonesia’s main island of Java yesterday, officials said.

A shallow 5.6-magnitude earthquake killed at least 162 people, with hundreds injured and others missing, when it toppled buildings and triggered landslides on Indonesia's main island of Java on Monday, officials said.

India’s main opposition party Congress today said it would seek a review of the Supreme Court decision to free the six assassins of its leader and former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi.

Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim said on Monday he is in talks with the party of ex-premier Najib Razak, who is in jail for corruption, to form the next government after an inconclusive election.

A shallow 5.6-magnitude earthquake killed at least 62 people, with hundreds injured and others missing, when it toppled buildings and triggered landslides on Indonesia's main island of Java on Monday, officials said.

The Malaysian King has extended the Monday 2pm deadline by 24 hours for rival coalitions to form a government.

North Korea responded to international condemnation of a recent ICBM launch, referring to UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres as a "puppet of the West."

Rival Malaysian political blocs on Monday tried to woo smaller parties to form a coalition government after the weekend's general election that saw major gains by a conservative Islamist party.

The UN COP27 climate summit in Egypt drew praise yesterday for the creation of a “loss and damage” fund to help vulnerable countries cope

China reported the death of an 87-year-old man in Beijing yesterday as its first fatality from Covid-19 in six months, with cases rising despite a stringent zero-Covid policy.

Rival blocs yesterday claimed they had secured the support they needed to form a government after Malaysia’s hotly contested polls saw no party emerge with a clear majority of parliamentary seats.

Malaysia prime minister hopefuls Anwar Ibrahim and Muhyiddin Yassin have wasted no time in their bids to beef up their ranks after their coalitions ended up neck and neck in Saturday’s vote.

Nepalis were voting on Sunday in a general election that few expect to bring drastic change - or a government able to quickly revive one of the slowest-growing economies in South Asia.

Malaysia's veteran leader Mahathir Mohamad suffered his first election defeat in 53 years on Saturday in a blow that could mark the end of a seven-decade political career.

A US B-1B strategic bomber was redeployed to the Korean peninsula yesterday for a joint air drill with South Korea, Seoul’s military said, a day after Pyongyang launched an intercontinental ballistic missile.

Indian Police raided the houses of several journalists yesterday in an investigation of anonymous online threats to around a dozen journalists in Indian Kashmir, a top police official said.