The asylum claim of a young Saudi woman who resisted deportation from Thailand in a gripping, live-tweeted ordeal will take "several days" to assess, the UN's refugee agency in Bangkok says.

Bangladesh has been ranked 41st among the largest economies in the world in 2019, up from the 43rd position since last year, according to an analysis by a UK based think tank.

A fragile truce in Singapore's founding family was shattered yesterday after state prosecutors alleged the wife of Prime Minister Lee Hsien

A new Malaysian king will be elected and sworn in this month, royal officials said yesterday, after Sultan Muhammad V abdicated in a

A Sri Lanka court yesterday rejected calls to subject the president to a mental health examination after he sacked a former ally,

Dozens of Thai activists yesterday protested against a possible delay of a national election set for next month, the first such gathering

Malaysia's King Muhammad V resigned yesterday, the first time a monarch has stepped down from the throne before completing their

The red carpet was rolled out for Abu Dhabi's Crown Prince Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan in Islamabad yesterday, just weeks

China has passed a new law that seeks to "Sinicize" Islam within the next five years, the latest move by Beijing to rewrite how the

Six children were killed alongside their driver and 12 more were injured after their bus fell into a gorge in northern India yesterday,

Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have finalised a $6.2 billion support package to help Islamabad address its balance of

Twin arson and bomb attacks rocked southern India yesterday, continuing a violent backlash that followed the entry of two women

Taiwan's president yesterday called on allies to help defend its sovereignty, accusing China of waging a "deliberate campaign" to

China's armed forces must strengthen their sense of urgency and do everything they can to prepare for battle, President Xi Jinping told

The US military will this year conduct its first ever missile drill around the Japanese island of Okinawa, according to a report Thursday, as

Spanish coastguards rescued 401 migrants trying to cross the Mediterranean over the first two days of the new year, they said

China's population shrank last year for the first time in 70 years, experts said, warning of a "demographic crisis" that puts pressure on the country's slowing economy.

Tens of thousands of tourists have fled some of Thailand's most popular islands and resort areas as Tropical Storm Pabuk closes in and threatens to batter the southern part of the kingdom with heavy rains, winds and seven-metre waves.

North Korea's top diplomat in Italy has sought asylum and gone into hiding, Seoul lawmakers told reporters after a closed-door meeting with South Korean intelligence officials yesterday.

The number of confirmed dead from a New Year's Eve gas explosion in a Russian apartment block jumped to 37 yesterday as rescuers recovered more bodies from the rubble of the partially collapsed building.