Scores of Buddhists ransacked a mosque in central Myanmar forcing Muslims to seek refuge in a police station

Survivors scrabbled through the rubble of their homes yesterday after hurricane-force winds and a tornado left at least

India's bid to join the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) has suffered a setback following Chinese opposition. The

The pound collapsed to a 31-year low and there was pandemonium on currency, equity and oil markets as Britain voted to leave the European Union, fuelling a wave of global uncertainty.

Rescuers in eastern China search for survivors of a tornado and hailstorm that killed at least 98 people as it swept over a city's outskirts, destroying buildings, smashing trees and flipping vehicles on their roofs.

Thousands of Pakistanis yesterday thronged the streets of Karachi to attend the funeral of one of the country's best known Sufi

As India makes a strong bid for membership of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Tornado and hail storms kills at least 51 people in the eastern Chinese province of Jiangsu, state media says.

At least 93 people have been struck by lightning and killed in India over the past two days, disaster management

Pakistan's National Security Adviser Nasser Janjua has alleged that America's efforts to include India in the Nuclear

India successfully launches 20 satellites in a single mission, the most in the history of the country's ambitious space programme.

Flash flooding and landslides in Indonesia kills 24 and left more than two dozen missing, an official said on Sunday (June 19), with mud avalanches burying people inside their homes.

A man hurled a bottle containing home-made explosives inside the main international airport in China's commercial hub of Shanghai yesterday, injuring four people before attempting to kill himself, authorities said.

China yesterday said that more talks were needed to build a consensus on which countries can join the main group controlling access to sensitive nuclear technology, after a push by the United States to include India.

India has stepped up efforts to sell an advanced cruise missile system to Vietnam and has at least 15 more markets in its sights, a push experts say reflects concerns in New Delhi about China's growing military assertiveness.

Two suicide bomb attacks near the entrance of a military base north of Baghdad and by a market in the Iraqi capital killed at least 18 people, police say.

A Malaysian court sentences a Bangladeshi national to 10 years, finding him guilty of trafficking three fellows through Andaman Sea of Songkhla province of Thailand between 2014 and 2015.

Queen Elizabeth of Britain and US President Barack Obama have sent congratulations to King Bhumibol Adulyadej on the occasion of his 70th anniversary of accession to the throne.

In a country known for the widespread use of military unmanned aircraft, the Afghan government moves to restrict the use of camera drones by media companies.

All computers used officially by public servants in Singapore will be cut off from the Internet from May next year, in an unprecedented move to tighten security.