Asia

Beijing: The South China Sea is not on the agenda and should not be discussed at a major summit between Asian and European leaders in Mongolia at the end of...

Singapore: A rare bank robbery in Singapore has sparked a social media debate on whether the country's low crime rates made authorities and society in...

Sydney: Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's conservative coalition will win enough seats to govern in its own right after a cliffhanger July 2...

Dhaka: The United States on Sunday offered its expertise to Bangladesh in bolstering its counterterrorism capabilities following a string of terror attacks,...

Tokyo: Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling coalition won a landslide victory on Sunday in an election for parliament's upper house, media exit polls...

Kabul: Afghan forces are suffering rising levels of battlefield casualties this year after unprecedented numbers of police and soldiers were killed and...

PHNOM PENH: A critic of the Cambodian government was shot dead in the capital on Sunday at a time of rising political tension between Prime Minister Hun Sen...

Shanghai/London: As China's medical bills rise steeply, outpacing government insurance provision, patients and their families are increasingly turning...

Shanghai: Remains of super typhoon Nepartak made landfall in China’s eastern Fujian province on Saturday, bringing high winds and heavy rain, and forcing...

Seoul: North Korea fired a ballistic missile from a submarine on Saturday but it appears to have failed soon after launch, South Korea's military...