Indonesia’s Papua was hit by fresh unrest yesterday as more than 1,000 security personnel were sent to the restive region after violent protests that saw buildings torched and street battles between police and demonstrators.

Bangladesh terms the Indian government’s revoking of Article 370, “an internal issue of India”.

A controversial Indian Islamic preacher yesterday apologised for making comments about race in multi-ethnic Malaysia which sparked calls for his expulsion, a day after being questioned by police. Zakir Naik, a radical television preacher, left India in 2016 and moved to largely Muslim Malaysia,

President Duterte will visit Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping next week to raise their conflicting claims to the South China Sea, as the Filipino

At least 13 Chinese tourists were killed and dozens injured when their bus skidded off the road and plunged 30 metres into a ravine in

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam yesterday said she hoped a peaceful weekend anti-government protest was the start of efforts to restore calm and that talks with non-violent protesters would provide “a way out” for the Chinese-ruled city.

India’s second unmanned moon mission, the Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft, is successfully put into the lunar orbit, marking a major milestone for the country’s space programme.

A Malaysian court yesterday postponed for a week the biggest of five trials linked to a multi-billion-dollar scam at state fund 1MDB and

Bangladesh will work with the United Nations refugee agency to determine if more than 3,000 Rohingya refugees will accept Myanmar’s offer to return home, an official says.

Schools reopen in Indian Kashmir's main city but most classrooms are empty as parents keep their children home, fearing unrest over the government's decision two weeks ago to revoke the region's autonomy.

Repatriation of the Rohingya refugees, who fled to Bangladesh following the brutal military crackdown in Myanmar since August 2017, will begin anytime, Foreign Secretary Shahidul Haque says.

Hong Kong democracy activists kicked off a weekend of fresh rallies yesterday in a major test for the movement following criticism over an airport protest earlier this week -- and as concerns mount over Beijing’s next move.

The main group fighting an insurgency in Thailand’s largely Muslim south said it had held its first meeting with officials from the new

Seven people, including two children, were killed and four others missing after a ferry carrying dozens of passengers caught fire off Indonesia’s Sulawesi island early yesterday, police said.

A sick baby dugong whose fight for recovery won hearts in Thailand and cast a spotlight on ocean conservation has died from an infection exacerbated by bits of plastic lining her stomach, officials said yesterday.

The brother of the leader of the Afghan Taliban was among at least four people killed in a bomb blast at a mosque in Pakistan, two Taliban sources tell Reuters, an attack that could affect efforts to end the Afghan war.

Time is running out for Jakarta. One of the fastest-sinking cities on earth, environmental experts warn that one third of it could be submerged by 2050 if current rates continue.

Myanmar and Bangladesh will start another attempt next week to repatriate thousands of Rohingyas who fled violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine state, officials said yesterday, nearly a year after a major attempt failed.

Malaysian police yesterday ruled out abduction as a motive in the disappearance of an Irish girl found dead near a jungle stream after a

Pakistan says three of its soldiers are killed in a cross-border exchange of fire in the contested Kashmir region, but India denies that five of its troops are dead too.