Asia’s demographics by 2024 will look very different as India’s population is all set to surpass that of China. Although fertility is declining across the region, Asian populations will continue to grow, increasing pressure on the region’s natural resources.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe yesterday dumped arch-conservatives and embraced critical voices in a cabinet revamp he hopes will

China yesterday welcomed comments by Secretary of State Rex Tillerson that the United States does not seek to topple the North Korean

Venturing outdoors may become deadly across wide swaths of Bangladesh, India and Pakistan by the end of the century as climate change drives heat and humidity to new extremes, according to a new study.

Pakistani lawyer Raja Basharat files a petition in the country’s Election Commission, seeking Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman's disqualification on the basis of "shameful" allegations of harassment levelled against him by former PTI lawmaker Ayesha Gulalai.

China yesterday said it has conveyed its firm stand to India that it must take "concrete actions" by immediately pulling back troops

Bangladesh signed an agreement with Cambodia to purchase 1 million tonnes of rice within the next five years, officials say.

After the reported outbreaks of H5N1 and H1N1 virus, schools located within a 10-km radius of the infected area in Dawei Township of Myanmar from August 1 to 7 have been ordered closed.

China has officially opened its first overseas naval base in Djibouti, state media said yesterday, a major step for the country's expansion

China will fiercely protect its sovereignty against "any people, organisation or political party", President Xi Jinping warned yesterday, as

Government monitoring of online activities could have a “devastating effect” on freedom of expression in Cambodia, according to a new study, with most people saying that they felt less comfortable freely expressing themselves online while under such surveillance.

Lightning killed at least 11 people in eastern India as large swathes of the country reel under the worst floods in years

The ruling PML-N party's interim prime minister nominee Shahid Khaqan Abbasi is facing a Rs 220 billion corruption

A suicide bomber blew himself up outside the Iraqi embassy in Kabul yesterday and militants breached the

Pakistan's ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif has passed the leadership baton to his brother, ensuring the

Following the removal of its chief Nawaz Sharif as prime minister, an­other problem has arisen for the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) as the interim premier-in-waiting, Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, is also facing a Rs220 billion corruption inquiry being carried out by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB).

Chinese President Xi Jinping told the military yesterday to transform itself into an elite force, as he oversaw a parade with flybys of

North Korea is behind an increasingly orchestrated effort at hacking into computers of financial institutions in South Korea and around the world to steal cash for the impoverished country, a South Korean state-backed agency says in a report.

Pakistan President Mamnoon Hussain has called a session of the national assembly on August 1 for the election of an interim prime minister, DawnNews reports.

The nuptials of this Singaporean couple were on a scale so grand they could easily rival royalty.