Six scientists complete a yearlong Mars simulation in Hawaii, where they lived in a dome in near isolation.

Thailand has suffered its first ATM (automatic teller machine) hack, which affected 21 cash machines in Bangkok and other provinces resulting in stolen cash totalling more than Bt12 million, while another 200 ATMs are suspected of having been infected with computer viruses.

The Olympic flag arrives in Tokyo as Japan's capital gears up to host the 2020 Games, with officials promising smooth sailing after Rio's sometimes shaky 2016 instalment.

Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi told China's premier yesterday that her new government is willing to look for a resolution

Thailand's junta yesterday detained at least 15 suspects at military barracks on suspicion of launching a string of deadly bomb

Vietnam's prime minister admits Olympic hopefuls faced inadequate training equipment before the games, including a lack of bullets in shooting, a discipline that won the nation's first ever gold.

Legal action will be taken against the recruiting agencies which took money from people in the name of giving jobs in Malaysia as the country is yet to open its doors for foreign workers, the expatriates' welfare and overseas employment minister says.

The Perseids, the most-watched meteor shower of the year, is happening right now.

Two bombs exploded in the Thai seaside resort of Hua Hin yesterday, killing one woman and injuring 10 people, Thai police said.

Islamic State claims responsibility for a suicide bombing in Pakistan that killed at least 70 people and wounded more than a hundred on Monday in an attack on mourners gathered at a hospital in Quetta, the group's Amaq news agency reported.

A referendum victory for Thailand's ruling generals over a new constitution is a "backwards" step for the country, the toppled ex-premier said yesterday as the democracy movement reels from its first poll defeat in a decade.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has criticised vigilantes who portray themselves as protectors of cows - an animal considered sacred by Hindus.

Two people have been reportedly killed after a portion of a two-storey building collapsed in Bhiwandi on the outskirts of Mumbai, reports NDTV.

Tigers at a wildlife park in Beijing have killed one woman and injured another after the pair left their vehicle, Chinese media have reported.

The brother of Pakistani social media celebrity Qandeel Baloch has been arrested for her murder.

Pakistanis are at loggerheads over killing of social media star.

Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad yesterday announced plans for a new party that would join an

Indonesia yesterday defended opening fire on Chinese sailors as an action aimed at stopping illegal fishing, as China said it had

Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has told the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights that the government will avoid using the term "Rohingya" to describe a persecuted Muslim minority in the country's northwest, an official told Reuters yesterday.

Flash floods and landslides in central Indonesia have killed at least 35 people and destroyed dozens of homes, an official said yesterday,