A female Chinese banker makes considerable copyright earnings by drawing emoticon in her spare time in Hangzhou, East China's Zhejiang province.

China's top newspaper rebutted growing criticism in government circles that Beijing should have taken a lower profile to head off its trade war with the United States, saying yesterday that, like an elephant, China cannot hide its size and strength.

The death toll from a devastating earthquake on the Indonesian island of Lombok jumped to 319 yesterday, as strong aftershocks triggered panic among traumatised survivors waiting for aid in the worst-hit regions.

Hurricane Hector whirled toward Hawaii Tuesday with 130 mph winds, bringing the threat of dangerous sea swells on two islands in the

North Korea yesterday released a South Korean who was arrested after crossing the border last month, Seoul's unification ministry said,

The death toll from a powerful earthquake on the Indonesian island of Lombok rise to 105 as rescuers clawed through the rubble of homes, schools and mosques for survivors and evacuees faced another night in the open.

Indonesia has returned to Malaysia a luxury yacht linked to the multi-billion dollar 1MDB financial scandal, Prime Minister Mahathir

The biggest ever cyber attack to hit Singapore was carried out by highly sophisticated hackers typically linked to foreign governments, a cabinet minister said yesterday, but did not give names.

On December 26 a massive earthquake measuring 9.1 on the open-ended Richter scale strikes off the coast of Sumatra and triggers a

Ambassador of Japan to Bangladesh, Hiroyasu Izumi highly appreciates Bangladeshis who show sympathy to the victims of atomic bombing on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

North Korea's foreign minister Ri Yong Ho is due to visit Iran on Tuesday, Iranian media reported yesterday.

Ten workers are killed in a powerful explosion in a stone quarry in southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.

North Korea has not stopped its nuclear and missile programs and is violating UN sanctions including by “a massive increase in illicit ship-to-ship transfers of petroleum products,” UN experts say in a new report.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says the process of ending North Korea’s nuclear program would take time but he was optimistic that it would be done within a timeline set by the leaders of the two countries.

A Tokyo medical school systematically cut women applicant's entrance exam scores for years to keep them out and boost the numbers of male doctors, Japanese media says.

The remains of foreign soldiers returned by North Korea last week are likely to be American, an official at the US agency said yesterday, as a US military aircraft prepared to repatriate the cases to Hawaii. Last week Pyongyang returned 55 cases of remains from 1950-53 Korean War, in line with a Trump-Kim deal.

Indigenous women in northeastern India are calling on the Meghalaya state government to block a bill that would deny them rights, including the ability to inherit land, if they marry outside their tribe.

Thailand has asked Britain to extradite former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra, overthrown in a coup in 2014 and sentenced in

North and South Korea discussed reducing tension but didn't announce any detailed agreements after military talks yesterday, while the United States detected renewed activity at a North Korean missile factory, casting more suspicion over the North's intentions.

A powerful earthquake which struck the Indonesian tourist island of Lombok yesterday killed at least 14 people, injured scores and damaged thousands of homes, officials said.