The Chinese Communist Party's anti-graft watchdog has launched an investigation into a Politburo member who was

Maldives lawmakers were locked out of parliament yesterday after President Abdulla Yameen ordered it shut to prevent

China warned yesterday that it will step up its troop deployment in a border dispute with India, vowing to defend its

Tens of thousands of people in northeast Japan were told to evacuate their homes yesterday as heavy rain caused

With over 10 crore Indians, including 8.5 crore girls, being married off before they turn 18, every third child bride in

Myanmar's military has maintained ties with North Korea, even though the civilian-led government denies any

China is the world's largest holder of foreign exchange reserves. It has over two and half times more foreign reserves than the second largest reserve holder, Japan. The Asian giant has US$3.483 trillion of foreign exchange reserves, despite recent fall in foreign reserves.

Hours before proposed military talks between South and North Korea, Pyongyang yesterday still refused to confirm its participation,

Gunmen ambushed a car and killed four family members from the Shia Muslim minority in a sectarian attack in

The nephew of Maldives president Abdulla Yameen has been arrested for allegedly bribing politicians to challenge the

A top Indian diplomat said China is being unusually aggressive in a month-old border dispute with India that shows

Five years have passed since Hla Hla Sein was forced into a displacement camp in western Myanmar for Rohingya

Sweden, the Netherlands and Germany are among the best placed wealthy countries to cope with shocks like large-scale migration due to their strong safety nets, education programmes and economic opportunities, says a global report by KPMG.

President Rodrigo Duterte plans to extend martial law in the southern Philippines to defeat Islamist militants who have

Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi's security adviser told diplomats yesterday that a UN mission looking into

Malaysia's former leader Mahathir Mohamad urged the prime minister yesterday to attend a town hall meeting

India should not use “trespass” into the Doklam area in the Sikkim sector as a “policy tool” to achieve its “political

Plans are underway to rebrand palm oil, according to a Malaysian minister.

Japan yesterday downplayed South Korea's offer to hold military talks with North Korea, saying the priority should be piling pressure

A man was arrested for allegedly setting ablaze a two-storey house in eastern China on Sunday, killing 22 people and injuring three,