A Pakistani Christian man has been sentenced to death for blasphemy after he sent a Muslim friend a poem on

Pakistan's Supreme Court yesterday dismissed an appeal from former prime minister Nawaz Sharif against his disqualification

A North Korean state agency yesterday threatened to use nuclear weapons to "sink" Japan and reduce the United States to "ashes and

A feather from one of the most elusive birds in the world has been found in South Australia, the first proof in more than a century that

The world's oldest captive giant panda has died at the ripe old age of 37 -- more than 100 in human years -- her handlers in China said

Timor Leste, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka and Pakistan have the highest rates of undernourishment in Asia, according to the Asian Development Bank.

The UN Security Council has unanimously imposed new sanctions on North Korea, slapping a ban on textile exports and restricting shipments of oil products to punish Pyongyang for its sixth and largest nuclear test.

Bangladesh Parliament unanimously adopts a resolution urging the United Nations and the international community to exert strong diplomatic pressure on Myanmar government to take back Rohingya people, ensure their safe accommodation and give citizenship rights.

North Korea's nuclear weapons programme must be “halted” before it develops a missile capable of hitting London,

Malaysia will do what it can to help Bangladesh deal with the growing influx of Rohingya who have fled here to escape the violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine state, says Malaysian Prime Minister​ Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.

The United Nations has appealed for aid to deal with a humanitarian crisis unfolding in southern Bangladesh after the number of Muslim Rohingya fleeing Myanmar neared 300,000, just two weeks after violence erupted there.

South Korea braced for a possible further missile test by North Korea as it marked its founding anniversary

Former BJP leader and RSS ideologue K N Govindacharya on Friday approached the Supreme Court with a petition

A team of six naval officers are starting a historic and gruelling around-the-world mission today -- the first

China has tightened regulations on religious freedom, intensifying punishments for unsanctioned activities and increasing its supervision

Chinese President Xi Jinping called on France to help ease the situation in North Korea during a phone call with French President

China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi says relations between China and India were “not derailed” while admitting that ties were “damaged and affected” during the 73-day long Doklam standoff.

In yet another show of solidarity with Myanmar, India has refused to be a part of a declaration adopted at an international parliamentary forum conference in Indonesia as it carried "inappropriate" reference to violence in Rakhine state from where 1,64,000 Rohingyas have fled to Bangladesh.

US President Donald Trump yesterday said that military action against a defiant North Korea after its recent powerful nuclear test was "not inevitable."

India's army chief has said his country must be prepared for war and accused China of "testing our limits", days after the nuclear-