A Japanese climber, who lost nine fingertips to frostbite in a previous expedition, died during an attempt to climb Mount Everest, an official says, the second person to die on the world’s highest mountain during the current climbing season.

Maoist rebels killed six policemen yesterday with a roadside bomb in a remote forest in eastern India. Another officer was injured when

An Indian diplomat convicted of passing state secrets to Pakistan's intelligence services has been jailed for three years, her lawyer said

A Muslim man accused of killing a cow was beaten to death by a mob in central India, police said Sunday, the latest vigilante murder over

Malaysia's scandal-tainted former leader yesterday denied he stole public funds and complained of the way he has been treated since

Sri Lanka's president has warned that Tamil extremists were regrouping abroad to revive their demand to divide the island nation nine years after

Indian opposition parties have joined forces to snatch power from the country's ruling party in a big southern state, laying the stage

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party yesterday walked away from a court-mandated test to prove it had the support of a majority

Malaysia's unpopular former first lady yesterday lamented the "trying times" since her husband Najib Razak's ouster from power, in a

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, 70, has been ranked the fourth senior head of state based on age in Asia while Malaysian leader Mahathir Mohamad is the world’s oldest.

New Zealand's "first bloke" Clarke Gayford revealed yesterday how he fought off an angry shark with a pole while diving off Auckland.

Japan's parliament yesterday passed a law to encourage female candidates to stand for elections in a country where women are vastly

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ruling party yesterday hit back against charges it tried to bribe opposing lawmakers to change sides after

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani yesterday apologised to the families of civilians, mainly children, killed when the country's air force

The UN on Tuesday warned of increasing attacks perpetrated by military forces and armed groups in the Kachin and Shan states of

Reformist Anwar Ibrahim yesterday declared a "new dawn for Malaysia" after his release from prison paved the way for a return to

Indonesian police shoots dead four sword-wielding men who attacked a police headquarters in Sumatra, killing one officer, the latest in a spate of militant attacks across the Muslim-majority country.

North Korea will never completely give up its nuclear weapons, a top defector said ahead of leader Kim Jong Un's landmark summit

Indian Power Minister Piyush Goyal will temporarily take additional charge of the finance ministry until Finance Minister Arun Jaitley

Malaysia's 92-year-old new leader Mahathir Mohamad said he expects to stay as prime minister for up to two years and vowed not to cut any deals to keep his predecessor out of jail for alleged corruption.