China yesterday outlined its ambitions to extend President Xi Jinping's signature Belt and Road Initiative to the Arctic by developing

Bangladesh stands at the tenth position in HIV deaths among Asian countries, according to a UNAIDS report.

A huge fire tears through a South Korean hospital killing 41 people, reports say, in the country's worst blaze for over a decade. More than 80 others were hurt in the blaze, which comes just weeks before thousands of athletes and foreign visitors are expected in the country for the Winter Olympics.

Six Southeast Asian nations yesterday launched an intelligence pact aimed at combating Islamist militants and improving co-operation on security threats, overcoming what analysts described as a high level of distrust.

A delegation of North Korean officials and ice hockey players yesterday crossed the heavily guarded border into South Korea for joint Olympics training, as Pyongyang called for all Koreans to seek unification of the two nations.

British Prime Minister Theresa May will visit Beijing next week, China said Thursday, as her country looks to bolster trade links ahead of

A South Korean delegation crossed into the North yesterday to inspect venues for joint Olympic-linked events, even as Pyongyang

Malaysia has arrested two men believed to have links with militant group Islamic State, including one who allegedly

Exiled Maldives opposition leader Mohamed Nasheed yesterday accused China of seizing land in the politically-

India's Supreme Court (SC) yesterday transferred to itself two cases from the Bombay High Court (HC) about the alleged

South Korean President Moon Jae-in said yesterday a thaw in relations between the two Koreas ahead of next

Hong Kong's famous skyline is engulfed in smog, with residents urged to stay indoors.

Police say three people have been killed and 18 injured by a bomb that exploded in a market in southern Thailand.

At least 17 workers were killed Saturday in a fire at a factory on the outskirts of India's capital, officials said. The blaze

Pakistan summoned India's deputy high commissioner for the fourth consecutive day yesterday over the alleged

India's President yesterday sacked 20 lawmakers from the state assembly in New Delhi after they were revealed to be

Sri Lanka's president announced Saturday that he would take control of the island's economy from the prime

Seoul welcomed confirmation by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) that 22 North Korean athletes would

Thai police have arrested an alleged kingpin in Asia's illegal trade in endangered species, dealing a blow to a family-run syndicate that smuggles elephant ivory, rhino horn and tiger parts to Chinese and Vietnamese dealers.

For years China was the world's top destination for recyclable trash, but a ban on certain imports has left nations scrambling to find new dumping grounds for growing piles of garbage.