Scientists from India, the United States and Japan have struck upon a large natural gas deposit in the Bay of Bengal, the

Floods in north and central China have killed at least 150 people, with scores missing and hundreds of thousands forced from homes, officials say.

An Indian charity worker kidnapped from Kabul has been rescued, officials said yesterday, more than a month after she

India yesterday stepped up a major search operation for an air force plane that disappeared over the Bay of Bengal

Heavy rain in China has killed at least 87 people and forced thousands from their homes, state media reported

The hunt for Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 will be suspended if the aircraft is not found in an area now being

Thai authorities have ordered an anti-junta television channel to stop broadcasting as the kingdom's military rulers

Muslims make up just over two percent of Myanmar's population, government census figures showed yesterday, undercutting

Torrential rain lashing northern China in recent days has left nearly 100 people dead or missing, official figures

Malaysian PM Najib Razak is facing pressure internationally and at home amid US allegations of massive fraud at

Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi has accepted an invite from Barack Obama to visit the United States, her

Pakistan's parliament yesterday debated bills aimed at tackling so-called honour killings and amending its rape law,

An amphibious plane crashed into a highway bridge on the edge of the Chinese commercial hub Shanghai yesterday,

A fire ripped through a bus carrying tourists from China in Taiwan yesterday, killing all 26 on board in the worst road

Suspected Maoist rebels have killed 10 paramilitary commandos in eastern India after ambushing their convoy and

North Korea test-fired three ballistic missiles yesterday, in further defiance of the international community and in

A man was tortured to death in Pakistan for an affair with a married woman, police said yesterday, a rare case of a male

China is closing off a part of the South China Sea for military exercises this week, the government said yesterday, days after an international tribunal ruled against Beijing's claim to ownership of virtually the entire strategic waterway.

Myanmar's de facto premier Aung San Suu Kyi held landmark talks with senior rebel leaders yesterday, as she strives to

The brother of a murdered Pakistani celebrity yesterday said he is "not embarrassed" to have killed her, as Qandeel Baloch's death reignited polarising calls for action against the "epidemic" of honour killings.