Iraq has suspended all international flights to and from the Iraqi Kurdish capital Arbil, sending anxious foreigners rushing to the airport, as Baghdad cranked up the pressure on the Kurds over their independence referendum.

North Korea yesterday accused Donald Trump of exploiting Otto Warmbier's death, calling the US president an "old lunatic" for alleging

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe dissolved parliament yesterday, effectively kicking off a national election campaign where he faces

Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka tops the list of the most stressed cities in Asia whereas Sydney followed by Singapore, Taipei and Osaka are the least stressed cities in Asia, according to the data compiled by the UK-based firm, Zipjet.

A strike that shut down India's picturesque hill station of Darjeeling -- causing violence and disruption to tourism --

A Pakistani court in a high-profile corruption case has indicted the finance minister on graft charges after investigators

Interpol on Wednesday approved the Palestinian Authority's membership bid, a new victory in its drive for

An accountability court in Islamabad indicts Finance Minister Ishaq Dar in a corruption reference filed against him by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB).

Japan will provide US $4 million as emergency grant aid for the hundreds of thousands of displaced people in the northern part of Rakhine State of Myanmar.

China has staged military exercises in Djibouti after opening its first overseas military base there last month, official

An Istanbul court on Monday ordered the release of leading Turkish journalist Kadri Gursel in the controversial trial of

India will not deploy troops to Afghanistan as part of a new US strategy for the war-torn country, the Indian defence

Vehicles laden with food, facemasks and bedding have been sent to help more than 75,000 people who have fled a

Indian soldiers killed four militants during a two-day gun battle near the heavily militarised de facto border in Kashmir

Sri Lanka customs arrested an India-bound air passenger attempting with "difficulty" to smuggle nearly one kilogram

Nearly 50,000 people have evacuated their homes for fear of an imminent volcanic eruption on the Indonesian resort

Eman Ahmed, the world's heaviest woman who went to India for weight-loss surgery, has died at 36.

Pakistan accused India of adopting a posture of that of a "predator" and said if the international community wishes

Some 70,000 people have been ordered to evacuate their homes after a rain-swollen dam in Puerto Rico failed in the

Thailand's deputy junta leader has accused three police officers of helping sneak ex-prime minister Yingluck