Malaysia is to ship back hundreds of tonnes of imported plastic waste to different countries where it came from.

India will not invite Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan to Thursday's swearing-in ceremony of Narendra Modi, who starts his second term as India's prime minister, two sources in the foreign ministry say, suggesting any early warming in ties between the nuclear-armed neighbours is unlikely.

A 52-year-old woman was just going about her household chores in Baling in southeastern Kedah of Malaysia when she was attacked by a six-meter python last Saturday night.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be administered oath of office for his second term along with his new council of ministers on May 30, the President's Office says.

Three activists from a civil rights movement were killed yesterday as they clashed with the Pakistani troops in a restive tribal region near

Three men died and six were injured yesterday in two separate explosions in Kathmandu, Nepali police said. There was no immediate

A strong 8.0-earthquake struck northern Peru in the early hours of yesterday, sending residents fleeing their homes and cutting off

Pakistan said yesterday over 600 people, most of them children, had tested HIV positive in a city in southern Sindh province.

Sri Lanka’s military has detained nearly 100 suspects during four days of search operations against remnants of an Islamist group

China should hold talks with Tibet’s spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, US Ambassador to China Terry Branstad told Chinese officials during

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan speaks to Narendra Modi and congratulates the Indian leader on the runaway election victory of his Hindu-nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), both countries have said.

Three men have died and six others have been injured in two separate explosions in Kathmandu, Nepali police have said.

A BJP worker, who closely worked with Smriti Irani during her Lok Sabha election campaign in India’s Amethi, has been allegedly shot dead.

Ninh Binh is one of the most spectacular places on earth to visit.

With Hindu nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bharatiya Janata Party securing a landslide win in the Indian elections, AFP looks at the key economic challenges facing Asia's third-biggest economy:

Bank accounts of 41 terror suspects in Sri Lanka having links with the outlawed Islamist extremist group National Thawheed Jammath

With the national election over and the BJP making a big bang comeback, Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted he will fly to his home

Suspected cow vigilantes allegedly thrashed two persons in Madhya Pradesh’s Seoni with sticks, accusing them of carrying beef, following

More than 40 percent of lawmakers in India’s new parliament face criminal charges -- some as serious as murder and rape -- and the

US National Security Adviser John Bolton yesterday said North Korea’s recent missile launches violated a UN Security Council resolution