At least 30 people have died after a fire swept through a small factory producing matchsticks in Indonesia's North Sumatra province, authorities have said.

Former Interpol chief Meng Hongwei yesterday pleaded guilty at a trial in China to accepting $2.1 million in bribes -- a remarkable fall from grace for the former vice minister of public security.

Malaysia’s prime minister yesterday criticised the “ridiculous” decision to charge three Russians and a Ukrainian with murder over the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17.

The world hopes North Korea and the United States can talk to each other and for those talks to be successful, Chinese President Xi Jinping told North Korean leader Kim Jong Un yesterday, praising Pyongyang’s efforts towards denuclearisation.

Hong Kong opposition groups yesterday called for another major demonstration after the pro-Beijing government did not respond to

Southeast Asian leaders will dissect the impact of the US-China tariff war this weekend at a Bangkok summit, with Beijing determined to drive forward a trade pact sweeping in 40 percent of global commerce -- but excluding America.

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam apologises again day and says she had heard the people "loud and clear" after some of the most violent protests in the Chinese-ruled city against an extradition bill that she promoted and then postponed.

Media activists yesterday accused Sri Lankan police of using a UN convention on hate speech to crack down on media freedom and the

An Army major was killed while another officer and two troopers were injured in an encounter with militants in south Kashmir yesterday,

China doubled down on its support for Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam yesterday after days of protests in the Chinese-ruled city over a

Pakistan on Sunday appointed a hardliner general as new chief of the powerful Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) spy agency, replacing the

An Indian magician who went missing after being lowered into a river while tied up with chains and ropes in a Houdini-inspired stunt is

The Indian state of Bihar grappled yesterday with twin crises, with a brain virus potentially linked to lychees killing almost 100 children

National Development University Veteran Jakarta (UPNVJ) takes the internet by storm this week after announcing that YouTubers who have at least 10,000 subscribers may enroll at the university through a special admissions scheme.

Huawei Technologies Co Ltd is preparing for a 40% to 60% decline in international smartphone shipments, Bloomberg reports.

Protesters clear out of Hong Kong’s streets, averting possible clashes with police, but stay near government headquarters to press their demands that the city’s leader resign and abandon an extradition bill that stoked fears of Beijing’s expanding control.

Hundreds of thousands of protesters choked Hong Kong’s streets yesterday in a defiant rebuke of a reviled extradition law, piling pressure on the city’s embattled pro-Beijing leader despite a weekend climbdown.

Hundreds of thousands of people have rallied in central Hong Kong against a reviled extradition law, the latest huge demonstration to pile pressure on the city's embattled leader, despite her weekend climbdown.

The blasts detonated far from the bustling megacities of Asia, but the attack this week on two tankers in the strategic Strait of Hormuz hits at the heart of the region’s oil import-dependent economies.

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam has delayed indefinitely a proposed law to allow extraditions to mainland China, in a dramatic retreat after widespread anger over the bill sparked violent protests in the Asian finance hub.