A leader of Thailand's 'Red Shirt' movement was jailed yesterday for defaming an ex-prime minister, sidelining a key voice of dissent

At least 28 people are killed after a bus plunges into a deep gorge in a Himalayan region of northern India popular with tourists, police say.

Some very "peculiar signals" have been noticed come from a star just 11 light-years away, scientists in Puerto Rico say.

Plans are underway to rebrand palm oil, according to a Malaysian minister.

Thailand has amended a royal property law to formally give King Maha Vajiralongkorn full control of the agency which manages the

President Rodrigo Duterte offered self-rule to the Philippines' Muslim minority yesterday in an attempt to defeat Islamist militants who

The long-lost bag used by US astronaut Neil Armstrong to bring back to Earth the first samples of moon dust is expected to sell for up to $4 million when it is auctioned with other space memorabilia in New York City.

The Bangabandhu-1 satellite will be ready to start for testing operation from September, says State Minister for Telecommunication Tarana Halim. The satellite will be prepared by November depending on weather and schedule of the USA launcher, she says.

The ashes of China's late Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo are scattered in the sea after a controversial funeral, as his friends worried about the fate of the democracy advocate's widow.

Web-based Telegram is blocked in Indonesia as the government finds some of its users promote radicalism and terrorism in the web.

China lashes out at international criticism after it denied Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo's dying wish to leave the country and faced pressure to set the democracy champion's widow free.

China, India, Indonesia and Vietnam have the world’s four biggest coal-fired power plants in pipeline. Together, they represent 82 percent of the 718 units globally under construction.

A teenage boy has married his 73-year-old lover in a remote village on Indonesia's Sumatra, officials said, after the unconventional

The siblings of Singapore's prime minister offered a truce yesterday in an explosive family feud over the legacy of their late father,

Islamist militants have beheaded two Vietnamese sailors held hostage for eight months in the southern Philippines, the military said

A Rohingya Muslim was stoned to death and six others wounded by a mob of Buddhists in the capital of Myanmar's Rakhine state,

Myanmar will refuse entry to members of a United Nations probe focusing on allegations of killings, rape and torture by security forces

A prominent Vietnamese blogger known as 'Mother Mushroom' was jailed for 10 years yesterday, her lawyer said. Nguyen Ngoc Nhu

The United States plans to sell four Black Hawk helicopters to Thailand after initially suspending their sale following a 2014 military coup.

Chinese President Xi Jinping said yesterday China would work to ensure a "far-reaching future" for Hong Kong's autonomy, but he