At least six passengers were killed and more than 100 others were injured Thursday when a passenger train collided with a freight train near the central Pakistani city of Multan, rescuers and railway officials say.

Four employees at Chinese internet giant Alibaba have lost their jobs after being accused of reprogramming an internal system to steal more than 100 boxes of mooncakes, a traditional delicacy shared during this week's Mid-Autumn Festival.

China and Russia will hold eight days of naval drills in the South China Sea off southern China's Guangdong province

A police officer and four militants were killed in separate incidents yesterday in Indian administered-Kashmir as

South Korea has a plan to annihilate the North Korean capital if it shows any signs of mounting a nuclear attack,

North Korea demands that the United States recognises it as a "legitimate nuclear weapons state" following its fifth and largest atomic test.

Two protesters were killed and at least 100 injured Saturday when anti-India demonstrators clashed with

Child marriage is illegal in Nepal, yet the impoverished Himalayan nation has failed to put in place policies to curb the practice with almost 40 percent of girls married before the age of 18.

Malaysia yesterday reported its first case of a pregnant woman with Zika -- a resident of a Malaysian state bordering

Global news agency AFP opens a bureau in North Korea, becoming one of only a handful of foreign media organisations to have a permanent presence in the one of the world’s most isolated states.

Flooding following heavy rain has killed 60 people and left over 44,000 homeless in North Korea, the United Nations

A four-year-old girl and her father were among three killed yesterday when a bomb hidden in a motorcycle's fuel tank exploded

Hundreds of Buddhists jeered former UN chief Kofi Annan as he arrived in Myanmar's troubled Rakhine state

Myanmar's newly installed civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi will visit the United States next week, US President Barack

A protester died from pellet gun injuries during fresh clashes yesterday with security forces in Anantnag district of

North Korea test-fired three ballistic missiles into the sea yesterday, South Korea said, in a new show of force as world

Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi and former UN chief Kofi Annan yesterday oversaw the first meeting of a panel

“We agree that facing the risks and challenges of the current world economy, and maintaining a peaceful and stable

A new generation of young Hong Kong politicians advocating a break from Beijing has become lawmakers for the first time in a result likely to rattle China.

The former women's minister of the Indian capital -- who was sacked over a "sex tape" -- has now been arrested