Myanmar’s civilian leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, will soon visit Beijing, state media said on Monday, as the southeast Asian nation appears to draw closer to its northern neighbour, China, amid global criticism over an exodus of Rohingya refugees.

In this second part video of a documentary series, Malaysian journalists go undercover to experience the desperate living conditions of migrant workers mostly from Bangladesh in Malaysia. It shows how an international human trafficking ring uses private colleges in Malaysia to exploit young Bangladeshis.

Science could soon unleash a most incongruous army in the war against disease - one composed of filthy flies.

A powerful explosion hit China's major port city of Ningbo yesterday, killing at least two people, injuring more than

Millions of Nepalis voted yesterday to choose a new parliament and 7 state assemblies more than a decade after

Thousands more protesters massed in Pakistan's major cities yesterday after attempts to disperse an Islamist rally in

As more victims step out to tell of sexual harassment in the United States and Europe, The Straits Times Asian bureaus look at how the region perceives this rarely publicly-discussed issue.

A former vice-minister of health in China dismissed the possibility of clinical trials involving a human head transplant, adding that an experiment done in China had severely violated ethical rules.

Pakistan's finance minister Ishaq Dar has gone on indefinite medical leave amid an ongoing corruption scandal, piling more pressure on

India yesterday said it was outraged at Pakistan's release of an Islamist leader accused of organising the 2008 deadly

Australia and Southeast Asia have joined forces to choke financing for militant networks, Canberra said yesterday,

An Indian soldier shot dead a journalist following a dispute, police said yesterday, the country's third high-profile

Driverless buses will appear on some roads in Singapore from 2022 as part of plans to improve mobility in the land-

A Pakistani court yesterday ordered the release of one of the alleged masterminds of the 2008 Mumbai attacks which

North Korea yesterday condemned its US terror listing as a "serious provocation" , warning that sanctions would

Unicef has shown a deep concern over reports suggesting high levels of bacterial contamination (E.coli) from water drawn from wells inside the Rohingya refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar in Chittagong.

Diabetic patients will be relieved to know that they need not totally remove their favourite foods from their to-eat list. There are a few ways to achieve normal and stable blood sugar ­levels. Dietitian Poh Kai Ling explains how.

Japan has unveiled its first quantum computer prototype, amid a global race to build ever-more powerful machines with faster speeds and larger brute force that are key towards realising the full potential of artificial intelligence.

Sri Lanka's parliament yesterday announced an investigation into how the private phone records of legislators were

China yesterday called for extra efforts to resolve the North Korean nuclear crisis through talks after US President Donald Trump re-branded Pyongyang as a state sponsor of terrorism.