China's President Xi Jinping, on the way to his eagerly awaited first encounter with Donald Trump, met his Finnish

North Korea test-fired a ballistic missile into the sea off its east coast yesterday, South Korea's military said, ahead

Amid persistent Chinese objections to the Dalai Lama's trip to Arunachal Pradesh, India said on that no "artificial controversy" should be

Human rights body Fortify Rights has demanded Malaysia to investigate deaths in its immigration detention centres without delay and re-open an investigation into the human trafficking of Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar and Bangladeshis in recent years.

Representatives of 44 African countries accused the Indian government yesterday of failing to do enough to stop racist

The Dalai Lama has had an emotional reunion with the Indian border guard who escorted him as he fled his native

Pakistan yesterday resumed its mass repatriation of Afghan refugees despite past accusations of coercion in the

South Korean human rights lawyer Moon Jae-in won the liberal Democratic Party primary vote yesterday, setting him

North Korea will be allowed to travel to South Korea for the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics if it wishes to take part, Seoul's Unification Ministry said on Monday.

An Indian court has recognised Himalayan glaciers, lakes and forests as "legal persons" in an effort to curb

At least 200 Indian paramilitary police were hospitalised with suspected food poisoning after eating meals at a training

Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi's party won nearly half of the seats contested in by-elections yesterday, the first

An Indian court has recognised Himalayan glaciers, lakes and forests as "legal persons" in an effort to curb

A new jihadist alliance yesterday claimed responsibility for an attack that killed three members of Mali's security forces

Aung San Suu Kyi's government faced its first test at the ballot box yesterday in by-elections around Myanmar seen

Ousted South Korean president Park Geun-Hye is now just prisoner 503, incarcerated in a spartan cell while

In growing Asian economies, are minimum wage policies protecting vulnerable workers?

An explosion apparently targeting a mosque in Pakistan's northwestern city of Parachinar, in a remote area bordering Afghanistan, kills at least 11 people and wounds dozens, officials say.

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chief Shaharyar Khan will not seek another term in office due to personal and health reasons and is to step down in August when his current tenure ends.

The body of Kim Jong-Nam will be sent to North Korea and nine Malaysians in Pyongyang will be allowed to leave, Malaysia Prime Minister Najib Razak says.