US President Donald Trump yesterday announced his historic summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will take place in Singapore on June 12.

Mahathir Mohamad, the 92-year-old former strongman ruled Malaysia with an iron fist for more than two decades before stepping down, returned to political life to challenge his own former party, snatching a surprise win in Wednesday's poll.

Malaysia's defeated leader Najib Razak yesterday said he accepted the will of the people after the coalition that has led the country for six decades suffered a shock loss to veteran ex-leader Mahathir Mohamad, 92.

At the age of 92 Malaysia's former strongman leader Mahathir Mohamad became the world's oldest prime minister after a stunning election victory against scandal-haunted leader Najib Razak.

Ninety-two-year-old Mahathir Mohamad is sworn in as the world's oldest elected leader after a stunning election win that swept Malaysia's establishment from power after more than six decades.

Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad is expected to be officially sworn in as Malaysia's seventh prime minister at 9:30pm.

Malaysian ex-leader Mahathir Mohamad, 92, met with the king as he seeks permission to swiftly form a government and quell concerns around the succession after a stunning win over the coalition that has ruled for six decades.

Barisan Nasional did not cheat in the general election, says its Chairman Najib Tun Razak.

Malaysia may renegotiate some deals with China, former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad says, just hours after his coalition secured a stunning election win against the government of Najib Razak.

Mahathir Mohamad brushed aside doubts that he would become Malaysia's next prime minister following his shock election victory over the coalition that has ruled the Southeast Asian nation for six decades since independence from Britain.

An alliance of opposition parties spearheaded by Mahathir Mohamad won Malaysia's general election on Thursday, official results show, setting the veteran strongman on course for a return to the Prime Minister's Office he occupied for 22 years.

Militants exploded a bomb outside an Indian paramilitary headquarters yesterday in the restive northeastern state of Manipur killing two

US President Donald Trump announced yesterday that three Americans held in North Korea have been released and are on their way

China yesterday called for US trade talks to be conducted on an equal footing, as Vice Premier Liu He -- considered President Xi Jinping's

A former Chinese Communist Party official who was once tipped as a potential successor to President Xi Jinping was sentenced to life in prison for bribery yesterday, the latest senior cadre to fall in Xi's sweeping anti-corruption crusade.

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Kim Jong Un met in China for the second time in six weeks yesterday, signalling their warming ties

An Indian tourist was killed during a stone-throwing protest in Kashmir, officials say, as the disputed region shut down for a third straight day following the killings of civilians and rebels during weekend gunbattles and anti-India protests.

Authorities shut down a number of schools following a high-velocity dust storm that hit parts of north India on Monday night with a wind speed of up to 70 kilometers per hour, reports Indian news portal Hindustan Times.

Malaysia's Human Rights Commission says the recent redrawing of electoral boundaries, which opposition parties said favored the ruling coalition, is an "epic breach" of democracy.

India's Supreme Court yesterday ordered the trial of eight men accused of the rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl to be moved to