Crowds of Thai people line roads under Bangkok's blazing sun for the royal procession of newly crowned King Maha Vajiralongkorn, hoping to get a glimpse of the constitutional monarch who is revered in Thai culture as a living deity.

Sri Lanka's Catholic Church will televise a private Sunday mass after cancelling regular services over fears of a repeat of Easter's suicide bombings, even as police and troops tightened security.

North Korea launched several unidentified projectiles into the sea yesterday, the South Korean military said, in what could be Pyongyang’s first short-range missile launch for more than a year as it seeks to up pressure on Washington with nuclear talks deadlocked.

Japan’s 126th Emperor Naruhito urged Japan to work together for world peace as he made his first public appearance yesterday in front of a

King Maha Vajiralongkorn, Rama X of Thailand, is crowned in a dazzling show of pageantry, laced with Hindu and Buddhist ritual, vowing to reign "with righteousness" on behalf of the Thai people.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has offered to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un “unconditionally” in a bid to restore diplomatic ties

South Sudan’s rival parties began two days of talks in Addis Ababa yesterday in a bid to salvage a peace deal, with just days left before a unity government is meant to be formed.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) launches the Action Plan for Healthy Oceans and Sustainable Blue Economies for the Asia and Pacific region.

India mounted its biggest-ever evacuation effort of pulling back an estimated 8,00,000 people from low-lying areas along the coast of the Bay of Bengal in Odisha as the severe cyclonic storm Fani is set to hit the eastern state tomorrow afternoon.

Just days before his official coronation, Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn marries the deputy head of his personal guard force and gave her the title Queen Suthida.

At least 15 security personnel and a driver are reportedly killed in a blast of an improvised explosive device (IED) by suspected Maoist rebels on police vehicles in Maharashtra of India today.

Japan's Emperor Akihito prepares to become the country's first monarch to abdicate in more than 200 years, handing the Chrysanthemum Throne to his son and ushering in a new imperial era.

The father and two brothers of the suspected mastermind of Sri Lanka's Easter Sunday bombings are killed when security forces stormed their safe house two days ago, police sources and a relative of the suicide bombers tell Reuters.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's total assets grew 52 per cent since 2014. He declared total assets of Rs 2.51 crore in his affidavit with the Election Commission when he filed his nomination from Varanasi constituency for the Lok Sabha election.

Sri Lanka's Roman Catholic has condemned the Easter attacks as "an insult to humanity" as the tense and grief-stricken country marks a week since suicide bombers hit three churches and three luxury hotels.

President Xi Jinping yesterday hailed deals worth more than $64 billion signed during China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) this week as he sought to reassure sceptics the project will deliver sustainable growth for all involved.

Mohamed Hashim Mohamed Zahran was 12 years old when he began his studies at the Jamiathul Falah Arabic College. He was a nobody, with no claim to scholarship other than ambition.

The bodies of 15 people, including six children, are discovered at the site of a fierce overnight gun battle on the east coast of Sri Lanka, a military spokesman said on Saturday, six days after suicide bombers killed more than 250 people.

Chinese President Xi Jinping yesterday sought to bat away concerns about his ambitious Belt and Road Initiative, saying his global infrastructure project will have “zero tolerance” for corruption while vowing to prevent debt risks.

Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena says police are looking for 140 people believed to have links with the Islamic State group over the Easter Sunday attacks on churches and hotels that killed at least 253 people.