The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) of Pakistan reveals before a Supreme Court bench that academic credentials of seven pilots of the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) had been found to be bogus and five of them have not even done matric.

Cambodia enjoys the most number of non - working days with 28 public holidays in a year among the countries of the world, according to date collected by the World Atlas.

At least eight people were injured, one seriously, when a vehicle ploughed into crowds celebrating New Year's Day in Tokyo early

An elaborate three-day coronation ceremony for Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn will take place between May 4 and 6, more than two and half years after the death of his revered father Bhumibol Adulyadej. This year is poised to be pivotal for Thailand. The country is also set to hold elections, with the junta teasing the date of Febuary 24.

At least 23 security personnel have been killed and dozens of others wounded in a series of attacks by the Taliban on security checkpoints in Afghanistan's northern Sar-e-Pul province, officials said yesterday.

A law requiring internet companies in Vietnam to remove content communist authorities deem to be against the state came into effect yesterday, in a move critics called "a totalitarian model of information control".

Nuclear-armed North Korea wants good relations with the US but could consider a change of approach if Washington maintains its sanctions, leader Kim Jong Un warned in his New Year speech yesterday after 12 months of diplomatic rapprochement.

A Thai man who felt slighted by his in-laws shoots dead six family members including his two young children at a New Year's Eve party before turning the gun on himself, police says.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has sent a "conciliatory message" to US President Donald Trump amid stalled nuclear negotiations, South Korea's Chosun Ilbo newspaper reported yesterday.

After a year of record bloodshed, Afghans are bracing for an even deadlier 2019 with the threat of a US drawdown and a looming presidential vote likely to fuel violence.

Malaysian Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad has been named The Muslim Man of the Year according to 10th Anniversary Edition of the Muslim 500.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed to meet the South's President Moon Jae-in "frequently" next year to discuss denuclearisation of the peninsula in a rare letter sent to Seoul, Moon's office said yesterday.

The Indonesian volcano which caused a tsunami that killed more than 400 people last week lost more than two-thirds of its height following the eruption which triggered the killer waves.

Cambodia's strongman leader Hun Sen lashed out at Western governments for pushing "democracy and human rights" on his country in a speech yesterday.

The number of people evacuated after Indonesia's deadly tsunami has nearly doubled to some 40,000 while more than 7,000 were injured in the disaster, officials said yesterday, as they trimmed the official death toll.

Australia's vast continent is sizzling through extreme heatwave conditions this week, with temperatures reaching record highs and emergency services on high alert for bushfires.

The personal information of nearly 1,000 North Koreans who defected to South Korea has been leaked after unknown hackers got access to a resettlement agency's database, the South Korean Unification Ministry said yesterday.

Top Chinese leaders are forced to undergo a self-criticism session, state media said on Thursday, in a further sign of President Xi Jinping's efforts to enforce party loyalty amid signs of internal dissent over his handling of a trade war with the United States.

Top Chinese leaders have been forced to undergo a self-criticism session, state media said yesterday, in a further sign of President Xi Jinping's efforts to enforce party loyalty amid signs of internal dissent over his handling of a trade war with the United States.

Indonesia raises the alert level for the erupting Anak Krakatau volcano to the second-highest, and orders all flights to steer clear, days after it triggered a tsunami that killed at least 430 people.