Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena dissolves parliament and calls a general election for January 5 in a move that is to likely deepen the country's political crisis.

Two Chinese coal mining executives have been sacked after an underground accident killed 21 people, Xinhua news agency says.

For Nurul Amin, a Rohingya Muslim living in a refugee camp in Bangladesh, the days since learning he and his family were among a group of people set to potentially be repatriated to Myanmar have been among the most frightening since they fled their home.

Moscow yesterday hosted international talks on Afghanistan aimed at kickstarting direct negotiations between Kabul and the Taliban militant group, both of whom sent delegations.

The customary cordiality of Southeast Asian summits may be missing when the region's leaders meet next week due to sharp differences over Myanmar, whose military has been accused of genocide against the country's Rohingya Muslim minority.

Beijing and Canberra should be cooperating in the South Pacific and not be cast as strategic rivals, China's top diplomat said yesterday, after Australia launched a multi-billion dollar fund to counter China's rising influence in the region.

Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a loan of over $200 million to improve rural road networks that may benefit 51.5 million

A meeting between US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and North Korean officials set for today in New York has been postponed, the US State Department said, but South Korea said the delay will not derail a second North Korea-US summit.

An Indonesian flight is grounded for an hour after passengers kick up a stink about what is in the hold - dozens of sacks of durian, arguably the world’s smelliest fruit.

In a shocking revelation, the head of the Federal Investigation Agency’s (FIA) cybercrime wing says data from "almost all" Pakistani banks was looted in a recent security breach.

Facebook Inc says a human rights report it commissioned on its presence in Myanmar showed it has not done enough to prevent its social network from being used to incite violence.

South Korea and the United States yesterday resumed small-scale military training that was indefinitely suspended following an historic summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

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The husband of a Pakistani Christian woman at the centre of a divisive blasphemy case has pleaded for international help to leave the

Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel arrived in Pyongyang yesterday, North Korea's state media reported, describing the visit as a "historic

Conflict-ravaged Yemen has become a "living hell" for children with thousands dying every year from malnutrition and easily preventable

A man-eating tiger that claimed more than a dozen victims in two years has been shot dead in India, sparking controversy over the legality of its

Sri Lanka's sacked prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has warned time is running out to avert a "bloodbath" while voicing hope that

An Indonesian diver died while recovering body parts from the ill-fated Lion Air plane which crashed into the sea killing 189 people, an official says.

Bangladesh remains the lowest hydropower producer among other countries in Asia since 2017. However, Bangladesh, with a capacity of 230 megawatts, is working towards increasing their capacity by commissioning more projects, says a latest report.