The first school for the transgender community in Pakistan is launched at an event at the Alhamra Open Air Theatre of Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore.

Sri Lankan police yesterday arrested a leading dissident within President Maithripala Sirisena's party, deepening political tensions on the

Two Christians were killed in a drive-by shooting outside a church in southwestern Pakistan Sunday, officials said, the second such

South Korea's disgraced former president Park Geun-hye will not appeal her 24-year prison sentence for corruption, reports said

China has stepped up its campaign against foreign espionage with a website in Mandarin and English encouraging people to report

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's political crisis deepened yesterday after polls showed that suspected cronyism scandals have

As thousands of people hit the streets across the country to express outrage over the rapes in Kathua and Unnao, a group of 49

Eight men accused of raping and murdering an eight-year-old girl is pleaded not guilty to the horrific crime that has sparked revulsion and brought thousands to India's streets in protest.

The leaders of China and Japan are expected to pay reciprocal visits as relations between their countries warm, the Japanese foreign

An Air China flight was diverted yesterday after a male passenger brandishing a fountain pen held a crew member hostage, aviation authorities said.

An Air China flight bound for Beijing makes an unscheduled landing in the central Chinese city of Zhengzhou after a passenger threatened a flight attendant with a fountain pen, the country's civil aviation authority says.

Pakistan's Supreme Court disqualified deposed prime minister Nawaz Sharif from holding office for life, Dawn News TV reports.

A local singer is shot dead during a festive ceremony in Kanga village near Larkana of Pakistan.

A violent storm destroys two ancient pillars at the entryways to the Taj Mahal, an official says, underscoring the fragility of the centuries-old marble monument to love.

A South Korean farmer killed and cooked a neighbour's barking dog before inviting its unsuspecting owner to join him for a dog-meat dinner, police say in a case that has sparked online outrage.

President Maithripala Sirisena of Sri Lanka, accepts the resignation letters tendered by 15 SLFP ministers, including six Cabinet members, and the Deputy Speaker, who voted for the no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe last week.

Malaysians will go to the polls next month, officials announced yesterday, with the long-ruling and scandal-tainted ruling coalition

Malaysia will hold a general election on May 9, the country's Election Commission (EC) says, in what could be the toughest test of the ruling-coalition's 61-year grip on power.

Former President Lee Myung-bak was indicted on bribery, embezzlement and other charges yesterday, becoming the latest South Korean

Australia's Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull marked an unwanted milestone yesterday by losing his 30th straight opinion poll -- a