Iraqi officials have again raised the figure for the number of people killed in Sunday's suicide bombing in Baghdad.

Overnight flash floods killed at least 43 people in northern Pakistan, the majority in a remote village that did not receive an evacuation warning before the waters hit washing away most of the settlement, officials said yesterday.

A mob burns down a mosque in northern Myanmar in the second attack of its kind in just over a week.

The first Indian-designed fighter jet, the Tejas, has been inducted into the country's air force, 31 years after it was first

A Taiwanese warship mistakenly launched a supersonic "aircraft carrier killer" missile towards China yesterday, hitting

A former monk and influential leader of Myanmar's 2007 anti-junta uprising has been freed from jail and charges

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte yesterday urged communist rebels to start killing drug traffickers, adding another

Hundreds of protesters clashed with police yesterday in Indian-administered Kashmir after two suspected insurgents

The Malaysian government’s rehiring programme for illegal foreign workers including the Bangladeshis ends.

India has successfully test fired a new surface-to-air missile from a defence base off the Bay of Bengal.

The Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in The Hague -- the world's oldest international tribunal for the peaceful resolution of

Gunmen on a motorcycle killed four paramilitary soldiers in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta yesterday, a day

Indian counter-terrorism officials yesterday arrested five men on suspicion of plotting a series of attacks across the

Two Bangladeshi migrant workers in Singapore have been commended for their honesty after returning $45,000 worth of jewellery to its owner.

Students from Bangladesh can now look forward to securing admission in Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT), one of the most prestigious and sought-after tech institutions in the world.

More than 130 people were taken to hospital after chemicals leaked from a plant in eastern China, state media

A religious decree declaring transgender marriage to be legal has been cautiously welcomed in Pakistan, but activists

Sri Lanka must rein in its military forces, prosecute war crimes committed during the long civil war with Tamil rebels

A Singapore Airlines plane bound for Milan catches fire shortly after making an emergency landing.

Elite Iraqi forces retook the Islamic State group's last bastion in Fallujah, securing full control of the city after a month-long operation, a spokesman says.