Chinese education authorities have gone high-tech to catch cheaters as millions of high-school students take their "gaokao", the

Muslim scholars in Indonesia call on clerics to stay away from politics following the religious sentiment that may divide the country. Islamic boarding schools (pesantren) across the country are told to stay away from politics.

The conclusion of Reuters’ second annual ranking of the Asia Pacific region’s Most Innovative Universities, a list that identifies and ranks the educational institutions doing the most to advance science and invent new technologies.

South Korea will suspend any further deployment of a controversial US missile defence system until an environmental impact assessment

A Pentagon report released on Tuesday singled out Pakistan as a possible location for a future Chinese military base, as it forecast that

Pieces of a Myanmar military plane which went missing with more than 100 soldiers and family members aboard are found in the Andaman Sea, a local official says.

A 'hungry' goat gives a rude shock to its owner when it chewed up currency notes worth Rs 66,000 that the man had kept in the pocket of his trouser, at Siluapur village in Kannauj district of Uttar Pradesh.

Bangladesh has advanced significantly in internet connectivity and effectively led major Saarc nations, with nearly 42.0 percent of total population using internet for various purposes, according to official sources.

The Indonesian government is predicting that the recent severing of ties between several Arab countries and Qatar would deal a blow to the archipelago’s tourism industry, with 50,000 expected tourists not showing up because of the crisis, a senior official said on Tuesday.

A historic mode of transport, they have survived China's modernisation, and remain an integral part of city living -- but for the drivers, life remains a struggle.

Hundreds of residents of a small Japanese coastal town took part in an evacuation drill yesterday as fears grow that a North Korean

China has 331,110 megawatts of installed electricity-generation capacity - nearly seven times higher hydropower installed capacity than India and more than the rest of Asian countries combined.

Security footage shows the man responsible for one of the Philippine capital’s deadliest attacks in years casually exiting a taxi just after midnight and walking calmly into a vast entertainment and gambling complex like any other visitor.

Pentagon chief Jim Mattis yesterday moved to reassure Asian allies that the United States can work with China on reining in North

At least 34 people are dead after a gunman burst into a Manila casino, firing shots and setting gaming tables alight, Philippine media report, in what officials say is a botched robbery attempt.

A pair of US aircraft carriers and Japanese naval vessels conducted a joint drill in waters off the Korean peninsula yesterday, in an

International aid arrived into Sri Lanka yesterday as the death toll from the island's worst floods and landslides in

Philippine troops have killed 89 Islamist militants during more than a week of urban battles but a final showdown is

Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte yesterday angrily hit back at Chelsea Clinton for criticising remarks he made about

North Korea warned yesterday it was prepared to launch intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) at any time, as the