Malaysia’s central bank says it detected and foiled an attempted cyber attack and efforts to transfer funds without authorisation using falsified SWIFT messages.

Thanks no doubt to the fact that Easter falls during the same period as this year's cherry blossom season, Tokyo has topped a list of the most popular Easter destinations among Asia-Pacific travelers for 2018.

Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena yesterday reduced the responsibilities of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe as a power

Myanmar's parliament yesterday elected a staunch ally of Aung San Suu Kyi as the country's new president, allowing her to maintain a

New Zealand said yesterday it would like to expel Russian spies in retaliation for allegedly poisoning an ex-agent in Britain -- only it

A train believed to be carrying a senior North Korean delegation left the Chinese capital yesterday following a dramatic whirlwind visit

As the first transgender news anchor in Pakistan, Marvia Malik is proud to be at the forefront of changing attitudes in her country but she says there is a long way to go.

Bangladesh is not expecting much help from foreign donors as it forges ahead with plans to relocate 100,000 Rohingya refugees to an uninhabited island, an undertaking that does not yet have a timeline, Mohammed Shahriar Alam, state minister for foreign affairs, says in an interview.

North Korea yesterday called on the United States to understand its position and adopt a “serious attitude” to contribute to

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe yesterday vowed to press on with his controversial move to amend Japan's pacifist constitution,

Police and politicians backed by the country's former strongman President Mahinda Rajapaksa joined anti-Muslim riots that rocked

North Korea yesterday agreed to hold high-level talks with Seoul next week to discuss logistics for a rare inter-Korean summit, the

Senior Indian opposition leader and Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad Yadav was yesterday sentenced to 14 years in jail and slapped

At least 18 people were killed and dozens wounded when a bus travelling in northeastern Thailand veered off the road and smashed into

A controversial Sri Lankan opposition legislator yesterday said US authorities prevented him from taking a flight to Texas from Moscow

Maldives President Abdulla Yameen lifted a 45-day state of emergency yesterday, a day after senior political opponents were locked up

Win Myint, the long-serving member of Myanmar's ruling party who is expected to become the country's next president within days, is

At least 18 people are killed and dozens wounded when a bus travelling in northeastern Thailand veered off the road and smashed into a tree, authorities say.

Nineteen people are killed and 21 others injured when a bus veered off the road and plunged down a ravine in the central Philippines, police say.

President Xi Jinping yesterday delivered a blistering nationalist speech, warning against any attempts to split China and touting the