The family of the Australian man arrested for the slaughter of 50 Muslim worshippers in New Zealand said yesterday they were stunned and "shattered" by his horrific deed.

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern yesterday said she would be looking for answers from Facebook and other social media firms about how an attack that killed 50 mosque-goers was livestreamed on their platforms.

Flash floods and landslides triggered by torrential rain in Indonesia's easternmost province of Papua have killed at least 58 people, injured dozens and displaced more than 4,000, authorities say.

A black honey produced in Tokyo’s Ogasawara Islands, which are registered as a UNESCO World Natural Heritage site, is recently found by researchers to be honeydew honey, a rarity in Japan.

Hundreds of thousands of voters across Thailand head out to cast early ballots, a week ahead the country's first general election since a military coup in 2014.

The massacre of Muslims at New Zealand mosques on Friday demonstrated the global reach of a white nationalist movement that preaches an imagined "European" ideal, rejects immigration and shares often vicious threats over the internet.

A far-right Australian senator had to be restrained by security officials yesterday after punching a young man protesting his offensive

Terrorists love to exploit the deaths of children at the hands of the people they declare enemies. The propaganda of al-Qaeda and the

Kiwis have responded to the Christchurch mosque massacres with an outpouring of interfaith solidarity -- crowdfunding millions of dollars, donating halal food and even offering to accompany local Muslims now scared to walk the streets.

A gunman who killed 49 people at two New Zealand mosques live-streamed the attacks on Facebook for 17 minutes using an app designed for extreme sports enthusiasts, with copies still being shared on social media hours later.

China prevented a UN Security Council committee on Wednesday from blacklisting the head of Pakistan-based militant group Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), which said it attacked an Indian paramilitary convoy in disputed Kashmir.

In early 2019, Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines will go to polls in elections that will either continue the populist/ authoritarian dynamics that has gripped the region, and the world, over the past few years or begin to halt it.

Long-term exposure to harmful smog particles increases the risk of diabetes, a new study in China has shown, providing evidence for a link between the country's air pollution and the disease.

China yesterday offered to help Venezuela as it faces a crippling multi-day power blackout that President Nicolas Maduro has blamed on the United States. Power has been restored to some areas in Venezuela since the weekend, but the supply has been intermittent and often drops out.

An Indonesian woman accused in the 2017 killing of the North Korean leader's half-brother is released from custody after a Malaysian court dropped a murder charge against her.

Ethiopian Airlines has grounded its Boeing Co 737 MAX 8 fleet until further notice, the airline says on its Twitter account, a day after a crash killed all 157 people on board one of its planes of the same type.

North Koreans went to the polls yesterday for an election in which there could be only one winner.

At least 87 passengers in a high speed ferry were injured in an apparent collision with a marine animal in the sea of Japan yesterday,

Kolkata police yesterday seized huge quantity of explosive substances from a vehicle, a senior Kolkata Police officer said. Acting on a tip-

A 116-year-old Japanese woman who still enjoys studying math and playing board games has been recognised as the world's oldest