There are about 1,200 Islamic State (IS) group operatives in the Philippines, including foreigners of whom 40 are from Indonesia, the

China has 331,110 megawatts of installed electricity-generation capacity - nearly seven times higher hydropower installed capacity than India and more than the rest of Asian countries combined.

Security footage shows the man responsible for one of the Philippine capital’s deadliest attacks in years casually exiting a taxi just after midnight and walking calmly into a vast entertainment and gambling complex like any other visitor.

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte yesterday said that Islamic State militants were not behind the attack on a casino in the capital

Loud explosions rang out in the now mostly deserted city of Marawai yesterday as Philippine fighter jets launched fresh bombing runs

Gunfire was heard at a hotel and a casino resort in the Philippine capital early today, and the Islamic State group (IS) quickly claimed

A new NASA mission aims to brush by the sun, coming closer than any spacecraft in history to its scorching heat and radiation in order to reveal how stars are made, the US space agency says.

Philippine authorities yesterday warned Islamist militants occupying parts of a southern city to surrender or die, as attack helicopters

The Philippine city of Iligan was overflowing with evacuees and on lockdown yesterday over fears Islamist militants had sneaked out of

Philippine security forces yesterday intensified a bombing campaign on homes and other buildings in a southern city where they have been battling Islamist militants for five days, and warned there may be collateral damage.

Jupiter's atmosphere features colossal cyclones and rivers of ammonia welling up from deep inside the solar system's largest planet, researchers said on Thursday, publishing the first insights from a NASA spacecraft flying around the gas giant.

Indonesia's elite anti-terror squad was yesterday investigating a suicide bombing near a Jakarta bus station that killed three policemen

Philippine security forces bombed residential areas in a southern city yesterday as they battled Islamist militants who were holding

Rescuers resume the search for seven people missing after a bus plunged into a river in mountainous northern India, killing at least 17 Hindu pilgrims.

Myanmar's army yesterday rejected allegations of human rights abuses during its crackdown on Rohingya Muslim last year, made by

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has signed an executive order that will impose a wide-ranging ban on smoking in public, reinforcing

A new ferry between isolated North Korea and Russia docks for the first time at the Pacific port of Vladivostok, in spite of US calls for countries to curtail relations with Pyongyang over its nuclear and missile programs.

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said yesterday he wanted to behead opponents of his drug war and warned 50,000 people could die

Myanmar's military yesterday sued two local journalists using a controversial censorship law over an article they wrote criticising the top

Adorable panda in Taipei Zoo can't get enough thill bamboo. Taiwan's first native-born panda cub Yuan Zai has been enjoying a new item on its menu.