China has punished 8,123 people for committing fiscal violations after an audit of how the government's 2016 central budget was spent

At least 10,000 people were killed in the Chinese army's crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in Beijing's Tiananmen Square in

An average citizen in Bangladesh and Indonesia drinks hardly a bottle of wine in a year. Whereas, the lowest alcohol consumption is reported in Pakistan at nearly 0, and people in South Korea are the most prolific drinkers in Asia.

Australia has seized more than Aus$1.0 billion of methamphetamine in its biggest ever bust of the highly-addictive drug, police said

A spokesman for Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi said yesterday he had been informed that the police had almost

India yesterday announced it would host China for another round of talks on long-running border disputes, the first

Chinese jets yesterday conducted drills near Taiwan's airspace for the sixth time this month, as relations between the

A Singapore civil servant was yesterday fined but escaped jail for leaking confidential information to a journalist, a

Fire tore through a sweet shop in the Indian city of Mumbai before dawn yesterday, sparking a building collapse which

Billionaire Sebastian Pinera will return to power as Chile's president next year, according to virtually complete results

Myanmar's civilian President Htin Kyaw, a close ally of government leader Aung San Suu Kyi, has authorised the

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi declares victory for his party in two state elections, including a closely-fought race in his stronghold of Gujarat where the charismatic leader fronted the campaign.

Several hundred metres underground, thousands of labourers grind away day and night on a mammoth hydroelectric

As weather experts predict that this winter will be one of the harshest for Riyadh in years, some residents of a neighbourhood in the capital of Saudi Arabia are helping those in need.

China launches four small fleet of self-driving public buses on trail on the roads of its tech district of Shenzhen, Guangdong.

A South Korea born Sydney man have been charged with acting as an economic agent for North Korea in Australia by allegedly attempting to broker sales worth tens of millions of dollars for Pyongyang that included components used in ballistic missiles.

South Korea’s spy agency said North Korean hackers were behind attacks on cryptocurrency exchanges this year in which some 7.6 billion won ($6.99 million) worth of cryptocurrencies were stolen, a newspaper reports.

Japan is the best country in Asia for older people to live, according to the Global AgeWatch Index report. Japan reports high satisfaction with social connectedness, safety and civic freedom, according to the index which measures the quality of life -- using income security, health, personal capability and enabling environment -- for people aged 60 and older.

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte yesterday won martial law powers across the southern third of the country for one

Sirens blared and thousands of doves were released yesterday as Chinese President Xi Jinping presided over a sombre ceremony