North Korea yesterday said its test-firing of a precision-guided ballistic missile was a success, a day after the projectile landed in waters

An elderly Australian fisherman has lived to tell the tale after a great white shark leapt into his boat, surviving with only an injured arm

China has urged the Group of Seven leading economies to "stop making irresponsible remarks" after the G7 summit expressed concern

Indonesian police name an Islamist leader as a suspect in the exchange of pornographic messages and photos, a new legal threat to a cleric who helps organise mass Muslim rallies against Jakarta's former Christian governor.

Formula One misfit Takuma Sato is the toast of Japan after becoming the first driver from his country to win the storied Indianapolis 500.

For the first time in 25 years, Eman Ahmed, the Egyptian woman who underwent a weight-loss surgery in India, has been able to feed herself, doctors treating her at an Abu Dhabi hospital say.

A suicide car bomber kills 18 people in the eastern Afghan city of Khost, the first day of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, the interior ministry says.

A South Korean female naval officer apparently killed herself after being allegedly raped by a senior colleague, a defence ministry

A private New Zealand-based company joined the exclusive space-race club yesterday with the successful launch of a Rocket Lab test

Taiwan's top court ruled in favour of gay marriage yesterday, a landmark decision that paves the way for the island to become the first

South Korea has the world's fastest average internet connection speed at 29.0 Mbps. Interestingly the USA which invented internet didn't make the top 10 ranking.

South Korea's ousted president Park Geun-Hye, grim-faced and brought to court in handcuffs, went on trial yesterday over a sprawling

North Korea yesterday "flatly rejected" a United Nations statement vowing to punish its latest banned missile test with tighter sanctions.

North Korea yesterday "flatly rejected" a United Nations statement vowing to punish its latest banned missile test with tighter sanctions.

Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena announced his first cabinet reshuffle yesterday, switching his finance and

Rescuers on Everest found the body of a missing Indian climber yesterday. Three other climbers died on Everest over

Indonesian police have detained 141 men including several foreigners for allegedly taking part in a gay sex party at a

Philippine authorities have banned hanging rosaries and religious icons off car dashboards because of safety concerns,

China yesterday sidestepped claims by Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte that it had threatened to go to war over

A bomb struck a Bangkok military hospital yesterday and wounded 21 people -- one seriously -- three years to the