Asia

Geneva: North Korea will pursue its nuclear and ballistic missile programme in defiance of the United States and its allies, a top Pyongyang envoy told...

Manila: A woman abandoned in a central Philippine church when a baby has topped an opinion poll barely two months ahead of elections to succeed President...

Naypyitaw/Yangon: Myanmar's upper house of parliament approved a bill on Friday that gives Aung San Suu Kyi a powerful government role, despite...

Dhaka: A Bangladesh court issued an arrest warrant on Wednesday for former prime minister and opposition leader Khaleda Zia over a deadly firebombing attack...

Beijing: The Chinese government warned Taiwan on Wednesday that the passage of a proposed new law governing relations between the two could seriously damage...

Tokyo: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe set on Wednesday an ambitious target to double the number of foreign visitors and the amount of money they spend...

Serang(Indonesia): Indonesian rice farmer Usman has kept his 19-year-old son chained in the family's tiny wooden hut for more than a month, reluctant to...

Washington: A senior US diplomat said on Tuesday he hopes China will accept an offer for a technical briefing on a new missile defence system the United...

Kuala Lumpur: A Malaysian court on Wednesday dismissed a bid by national flag carrier Malaysia Airlines Berhad (MAB) to throw out a suit filed by relatives...

Naypyitaw/Yangon: Members of Aung San Suu Kyi's victorious National League for Democracy (NLD) were in tears on Wednesday as Myanmar swore in its first...