US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says the process of ending North Korea’s nuclear program would take time but he was optimistic that it would be done within a timeline set by the leaders of the two countries.

A Tokyo medical school systematically cut women applicant's entrance exam scores for years to keep them out and boost the numbers of male doctors, Japanese media says.

The remains of foreign soldiers returned by North Korea last week are likely to be American, an official at the US agency said yesterday, as a US military aircraft prepared to repatriate the cases to Hawaii. Last week Pyongyang returned 55 cases of remains from 1950-53 Korean War, in line with a Trump-Kim deal.

Indigenous women in northeastern India are calling on the Meghalaya state government to block a bill that would deny them rights, including the ability to inherit land, if they marry outside their tribe.

Thailand has asked Britain to extradite former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra, overthrown in a coup in 2014 and sentenced in

North and South Korea discussed reducing tension but didn't announce any detailed agreements after military talks yesterday, while the United States detected renewed activity at a North Korean missile factory, casting more suspicion over the North's intentions.

A powerful earthquake which struck the Indonesian tourist island of Lombok yesterday killed at least 14 people, injured scores and damaged thousands of homes, officials said.

Cambodia's ruling Cambodian People's Party (CPP) said yesterday that it had won a general election that rights groups said was neither free nor fair due to voter intimidation and the absence of any significant challenger to Prime Minister Hun Sen.

Combodian government temporarily blocks 17 international and national media websites ahead of election which is being held today.

Though Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has emerged as the single largest party in National Assembly after the July 25 polls and its leaders have been claiming they will not need support of any party, final preliminary results issued by the country''s election commission show that the party is still short of numbers to form government on its own.

A powerful typhoon hurtled towards Japan yesterday, prompting local authorities to issue early evacuation orders, with western areas

Judges in Kuala Lumpur clean their own toilets after the janitors went on strike for not being paid by the contractor.

Equity and bond markets have welcomed Imran Khan's victory in Pakistan's disputed election, but the former cricket hero faces a tough slog to avert a currency crisis and implement long-term reforms needed to end decades of boom-and-bust cycles.

The United States has questioned the fairness of elections in Pakistan adding that it shared the concerns expressed by the European Union and the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan.

Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan starts preparations for formation of his party’s government at the Centre after the PTI won a majority of seats in the National Assembly.

A Cambodian who has devoted his life to documenting the killing of almost two million of his countrymen in the 1970s was yesterday named among the winners of this year's Magsaysay Awards, widely regarded as Asia's version of the Nobel prize.

A Japanese city has been left fighting off wannabe ninjas after a news report on local labour shortages that suggested it wanted to hire the traditional assassins went viral.

The torrent of water unleashed in a deadly Laos dam collapse has drained into Cambodia, forcing thousands to evacuate, as rescuers yesterday battled monsoon rains to find scores of Laotians still missing after entire villages were washed away.

Former National Assembly speaker Dr Fehmida Mirza becomes the first woman in the country to have been elected for a fifth consecutive time from the same general seat.

Pakistan's cricket legend Imran Khan declares victory in a divisive general election marred by a long delay in ballot counting and allegations of vote rigging by most opponents.