Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Myanmar today and discuss the exodus of the Rohingya ethnic minority with Aung San

China will give $80 million in funding for BRICS cooperation plans, Chinese President Xi Jinping said yesterday, while

Bangladesh issues concern over the recent nuclear tests conducted by North Korea and cited the act citing as threat to regional peace and stability.

India deplores the latest nuclear test conducted by North Korea accusing Pyongyang of once again acting in violation of its international commitments.

North Korea conducts the sixth nuclear test and declares itself in command of a working hydrogen bomb just hours after the explosion. Here are some key questions around the blast and the isolated state's nuclear programme.

Rakhine, Myanmar's poorest state, has become a crucible of religious hatred focused on the Rohingya, who are reviled and perceived as illegal immigrants in the Buddhist-majority country.

North Korea's latest nuclear test is "extremely regrettable" and violates the international community's repeated demands, the head of the UN atomic watchdog says.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accuses Myanmar of "genocide" against the Rohingya Muslim minority, who have fled in the tens of thousands across the border into Bangladesh to escape ethnic violence.

The World Food Programme has suspended food aid in Myanmar's violence-scorched Rakhine State, as the humanitarian situation deteriorates with a surging death toll and tens of thousands -- both Rohingya Muslims and ethnic Buddhists -- on the move.

An advertising agency in Thailand has developed a “smart vest” that potentially could turn stray dogs into guardians of Bangkok’s streets and alleyways.

The United States and South Korea agree to strengthen Seoul's defenses and Washington gives a nod to billions in arms sales to the country.

A United Nations human rights expert has expressed alarm at the deteriorating situation in Myanmar’s Rakhine State, affecting not just the Rakhine and Muslim populations but also other communities.

China yesterday sought to cast its strained ties with India in a positive light ahead of a likely meeting next week between President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Narendra Modi following their most serious military confrontation in decades.

North Korea leader Kim Jong-Un has promised more missile flights over Japan, insisting his nuclear-armed nation's provocative launch was a mere "curtain-raiser", in the face of UN condemnation and US warnings of severe repercussions.

Two landslides in rural areas of China have killed 30 people with at least another 12 missing, according to state media reports yesterday.

Fugitive former premier Yingluck Shinawatra discarded her mobile phones and stopped travelling in her usual vehicles

China said yesterday that its troops would continue to patrol a disputed Himalayan border area after resolving a

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un has fathered another child, reports say, after his wife dropped out of the public eye for several months.

Nuclear-armed North Korea fires a ballistic missile over Japan and into the Pacific Ocean in a major escalation by Pyongyang amid tensions over its weapons ambitions.

The secret to longevity lies in healing the body, says a Singaporean doctor.