The Maldivian opposition have chosen a new candidate to run against strongman President Abdulla Yameen in elections this year and

Rescue divers inched closer to a spot in a flooded cave where 12 boys and their football coach have been missing for more than a week

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has appealed to China's Xi Jinping to help end sanctions against Pyongyang following his landmark

At least 47 people are killed and 11 others injured as a bus fell into a deep gorge in northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, a senior police official of the country says.

Police in the Indian capital says they found 11 bodies in a village home in mysterious circumstances, 10 of them blindfolded and hanging from the roof.

Placed back on a terror financing watch list this week, Pakistan yesterday vowed to tighten regulations and follow an action plan to curb

Having failed to find any sign of 12 boys and their soccer coach during a week-long search of flooded cave complex in northern Thailand, rescuers

Opposition parties in the Maldives yesterday agreed to field a joint candidate in September's presidential elections to challenge

Myanmar is not doing enough to tackle human trafficking, according to a US State Department report that downgraded its ranking to the worst tier.

The underwater search for 12 children and their football coach trapped in a flooded cave in Thailand was halted as water levels rose amid relentless rainfall yesterday.

A man armed with a knife attacks students at the entrance to a primary school in Shanghai's central Xuhui district, killing two of the children, police say.

Many Singapore companies are still reluctant to hire persons with disabilities (PwDs). To help them overcome this, the Singapore government - working through SG Enable - provides technical and funding support to encourage the hiring of people with special needs.

Pakistan''s first visually impaired civil judge, Yousaf Saleem, takes oath at his office along with 20 other recently appointed judicial officers in Punjab.

Bangla is the second most spoken language of India after Hindi, says the latest Indian census conducted in 2011. The percentage of

North Korea is carrying out rapid improvements to its nuclear research facility, a monitor said yesterday, despite declaring a commitment

Chanting monks in orange robes prayed alongside distraught relatives outside a flooded cave in northern Thailand where 12 children

Chinese President Xi Jinping told US Defense Secretary James Mattis yesterday that China has no plans to create chaos in the world --

The death toll from floods and landslides in Vietnam rose to 15 yesterday with authorities warning the toll could go higher with more

The Taliban yesterday vowed to continue its bloody fight against the Afghan government and their foreign backers, brushing aside rising

US Defense Secretary James Mattis arrived in Beijing on his first ever visit to China yesterday, aiming to find room for military cooperation as security tensions between the two superpowers edge higher.