An "unprecedented" heatwave in Japan has killed at least 65 people in one week, government officials says, with the weather agency now classifying the record-breaking weather as a "natural disaster."

Japanese officials issue new warnings as a deadly heatwave blankets the country, producing record high temperatures in Tokyo just two years before the city hosts the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Married couples intending to break up will be allowed a 3-month "calm-down period" to save their marriage, according to a new measure under consideration of the China's top court.

Pakistan's ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif falls ill as he suffers from heart and kidney problems and a medical team recommended that he be shifted to a hospital.

Japan's severe heatwave killed at least 15 people and sent more than 12,000 to hospital in the first two weeks of July, official figures

Three rebels are killed in a gun battle with Indian troops in disputed Kashmir, police say.

Religious parties - some new, others long-established - are fielding more than 1,500 candidates for national and provincial assemblies in Pakistan's general election on July 25.

A 15-year-old girl who was raped by her older brother has been jailed for six months for having an abortion, an Indonesian official said yesterday.

An international organisation that advocates for the rights of journalists raises questions about conditions that media face in Pakistan ahead of parliamentary elections.

For the first time in Pakistani history, election candidates can decide their gender and thanks to a law passed by Parliament in May, a man identifying himself as a woman does not have to appear as a male in the elections.

A titanic 46 million people below the age of 35 are registered to vote in Pakistan nationwide elections on July 25 -- many of them savvy social media users who are posting videos calling out the powerful.

Though allowed by the Islamabad chief commissioner, former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam are not likely to be transferred to the Sihala Rest House as it lacks proper security arrangements needed for the high-profile prisoners.

Hackers have stolen the health records of 1.5 million Singaporeans including Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, authorities said yesterday, with the leader specifically targeted in the city-state's biggest ever data breach.

A South Korean court yesterday sentenced former president Park Geun-hye to eight more years in prison after finding her guilty on charges of causing loss of government funds and interfering in a 2016 parliamentary election.

Much has changed in the last five years in the coastal metropolis of Karachi consisting 20 million people, and the transformation is playing out in the run-up to Pakistan's general election next week.

Singapore Airlines (SIA) is named as the ‘World’s Best Airline’ this year in Skytrax’s World Airline Awards.

Thailand's rescued cave boys wake up in their own homes for the first time in more than three weeks, with many rising at dawn to take part in a religious ceremony.

Australian researchers said yesterday they have developed a blood test for melanoma in its early stages, calling it a "world first"

Twelve Thai boys and their football coach who were rescued by divers after being trapped in a flooded cave for over two weeks speak publicly of their incredible ordeal.

The national team wasn’t there but that didn’t stop Chinese companies orchestrating an advertising bonanza of unprecedented proportions at the recently concluded FIFA World Cup.