Days after cancelling a planned visit to North Korea by his top diplomat citing insufficient progress in denuclearisation talks, US President Donald Trump hailed his personal relationship North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Wednesday and said there was no reason to resume war games with South Korea.

China yesterday told Japan to "rein in its journalists" after Tokyo lodged a protest over Beijing blocking a Japanese reporter from covering a meeting between top diplomats from the two countries.

Bangladesh and Nepal have agreed to enhance trade and investment between the two countries as well as cooperate with each other for the development of the power sector.

China yesterday sharply rebuked US lawmakers who called on President Donald Trump's administration to slap sanctions on Chinese officials involved in the internment of a Muslim minority in the country's far-west Xinjiang region.

China appears poised to scrap its two-child policy, with a state-run newspaper Monday citing a draft civil code that would overhaul decades of controversial family-planning rules. The wide-ranging code would end a policy that has been enforced through fines but was also notorious for cases of forced abortions in the country.

Russia will next month hold its biggest war games in nearly four decades, Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said yesterday, a massive military exercise that will also involve the Chinese and Mongolian armies.

A Japanese rail company has defended a safety exercise that requires employees to sit beside tracks in tunnels as bullet trains speed by at 300 kilometres (186 miles) an hour.

Shinzo Abe yesterday confirmed he would run in his ruling Liberal Democratic Party's leadership election, putting him on track to become

North Korea's state-controlled newspaper yesterday accused the United States of "double-dealing" and "hatching a criminal plot" against Pyongyang, after Washington abruptly cancelled a visit by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.

A fire early yesterday at a hotel in China has left at least 18 people dead and 19 injured, according to state media. The blaze broke out

Six people have been killed by floodwaters in Taiwan, officials said yesterday, after days of heavy rain forced thousands to evacuate their

In a major decision, Indian Defence Ministry approved procurement of 111 utility helicopters for the Navy at a cost of over Rs. 21,000

One person was killed and dozens injured in Nepal when police opened fire on protesters demanding action over the rape and murder of

Pakistan's new government has banned the discretionary use of state funds and first-class air travel by officials and leaders, including

A fire tore through a hot springs hotel in the northeastern Chinese city of Harbin, killing 19 people and causing 23 others to be taken to hospital, city officials say.

A man in Central Java makes news for paying alimony of 155 million rupiah (RM44,894) with coins weighing 890kg.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called for dialogue with Pakistan in a letter to its newly elected leader and Pakistan also saw

Pakistan's new Prime Minister Imran Khan called on Sunday for the rich to start paying taxes and said the country will begin an

At least 10 people are dead after a string of powerful quakes rocked the Indonesian holiday island of Lombok, authorities said yesterday,

The Taliban rejected today an Afghan government offer of a ceasefire and they would persist with their attacks, two militant commanders said, while insurgents ambushed three buses and nearly 200 passengers travelling for a holiday.