Marine heatwaves are killing coral reefs far more quickly than previously believed, according to a new study released yesterday.

A knife-wielding man stabbed three nurses and a policeman at a hospital in western Japan yesterday, police said, the latest stabbing incident in the country.

Kyrgyzstan’s former president Almazbek Atambayev was detained in a major security operation yesterday, Kyrgyz media said, after clashes between his supporters and law enforcement left one dead and dozens injured.

The Hong Kong office of China’s Foreign Ministry yesterday lodged stern representations with the United States, urging US officials to stop sending wrong signals to the “violent separatists” in Hong Kong.

Pakistan has once again closed a corridor in its airspace in a move that will result in an additional 12 minutes of flying time for overseas flights from India, a spokesman of state-owned Air India official says.

The Government has put Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport on high alert in the wake of recent developments in Jammu and Kashmir and the Independence Day celebrations.

More than 500 people have been rounded up in the latest crackdown in Indian Kashmir which has been on the edge since the right-wing government revoked its autonomy, reports say.

Chinese media outlet Global Times reports that Huawei will launch the first commercial devices powered by its in-house operating system this year.

North Korea yesterday threatened to carry out more weapons tests after it fired its fourth pair of projectiles in less than two weeks

China warned yesterday it would take unspecified countermeasures if the United States goes ahead with plans to deploy ground-based

Protesters in Hong Kong must not “play with fire” and mistake Beijing’s restraint for weakness, China said yesterday in its sharpest

The BJP-led government in India has gained much support for the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Bill, 2019, both from

North Korea threatens to carry out more weapons tests after it fired its fourth pair of projectiles in less than two weeks following the start of joint exercises between the US and the South.

Maldives police on Sunday said they had arrested former vice-president Ahmed Adeeb and were bringing him to the capital Male after he

Seoul and Washington yesterday began annual joint military exercises, defying warnings from Pyongyang that the war games will

Article 370 gave Jammu and Kashmir state a special position in India’s union. The provision gave Kashmir’s assembly the power to vet

Hong Kong is plunged into fresh chaos as a general strike followed another weekend of violent protests, paralysing transport, leading to more than 200 flight cancellations and bringing the city to an unprecedented standstill.

Khmer Rouge ‘brother number two’ Nuon Chea died yesterday aged 93, a spokesman for the Cambodia tribunal where he was convicted

Fears of an impending curfew in the disputed region of Kashmir ratcheted up tensions yesterday, as nuclear rivals India and Pakistan

Hong Kong police have said that they have arrested more than 20 people after violent clashes with anti-government protesters overnight, as the Chinese-controlled territory braced for more protests and a general strike aimed to bring the city to a halt.