Cats, dogs, snakes to contest Indian polls!

Amit Shah, President of India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, has sparked a row by likening the attempts of opposition parties to come
7 April 2018

Philippines' Duterte cites genocide in Myanmar, says will take refugees

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte says that "genocide" was taking place in Myanmar and he was willing to accept Rohingya Muslim refugees fleeing from it, though Europe should help too.
7 April 2018

Will fight back at any cost

China warned yesterday it would fight back "at any cost" with fresh trade measures if the United States continues on its path of
6 April 2018

Malaysia braces for 'dirty' polls

Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak announced the dissolution of parliament yesterday, paving the way for a general election
6 April 2018

SKorea's Park jailed for 24 years for corruption

South Korea's disgraced former president Park Geun-hye is jailed for 24 years for corruption, closing out a dramatic fall from grace for the country's first woman leader who became a figure of public fury and ridicule.
6 April 2018

Ex-PM's party temporarily dissolved

Malaysian authorities yesterday deregistered the party of veteran former leader Mahathir Mohamad, who is trying to unseat scandal-hit
5 April 2018

Wife of 'vanished' Chinese lawyer marches for answers

The wife of a detained Chinese human rights lawyer who has embarked on a 100-kilometre (60-mile) march to highlight his plight
5 April 2018

Taliban vows to take 'serious revenge'

The Taliban has vowed to "take serious revenge" after an Afghan airstrike in an area controlled by the militant group killed or
5 April 2018

Lanka PM wins trust vote

Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe defeated a no-confidence motion in parliament late Wednesday but political
5 April 2018

Kim wants to resume six-party disarmament talks

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un told Chinese President Xi Jinping during talks in Beijing last week that he agreed to return to six-
5 April 2018

Philippines shuts top tourists spot for 'next generation'

The Philippines is closing its best-known holiday island Boracay to tourists for up to six months over concerns that the once idyllic
5 April 2018

Massive crystal meth seized on Thai border

Thai authorities have seized a massive methamphetamine haul worth almost $38 million near the Laotian border, officials said yesterday, highlighting the kingdom's role as a pipeline for drugs flooding through Southeast Asia. Early yesterday authorities found some 788 kilogrammes of crystal meth -- a high-purity form of the stimulant -- in an abandoned pick-up truck in northern Chiang Rai province.
3 April 2018

China hails North Korea's efforts

China appreciates North Korea's "important efforts" to ease tension on the Korean peninsula, senior Chinese diplomat Wang Yi told the North's foreign minister yesterday, hours after he called on all sides to stay focused on talks.
3 April 2018

Thailand makes one of its 'largest ever' crystal methamphetamine busts

Thailand makes one of its largest crystal methamphetamine busts, seizing 700 million baht ($22.42 million) worth of the drug, police say, as the United Nations warns Southeast Asia is being flooded with illegal drugs from the "Golden Triangle" region.
3 April 2018

Malala leaves Pakistan after emotional visit

Nobel peace laureate Malala Yousafzai has left for Britain after an emotional four-day visit to Pakistan, officials say.
2 April 2018

Chinese space station burns up over South Pacific

China’s Tiangong-1 space station re-enters the earth’s atmosphere and burns up over the middle of the South Pacific, the Chinese space authority says.
2 April 2018

N Korea's Kim attends South Korea concert

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un yesterday attended the first concert in Pyongyang for over a decade by South Korean entertainers, including a K-pop girlband, the latest gesture of reconciliation before a rare inter-Korean summit.
1 April 2018

Nepali Sherpa aims for record 22nd Everest summit

A Nepali Sherpa is hoping to summit Mount Everest for a record-breaking 22nd time next month, during the busy climbing season that each year sees hundreds of climbers reach the top of the world.
1 April 2018

India limits visits to Taj Mahal to 3 hours per person

India's most popular tourist attraction, the Taj Mahal, announces that visits will be capped at three hours.
1 April 2018

Building collapse kills 10 in India; 10 pulled alive

A four-story rickety hotel building collapses in central India, killing at least 10 people and injuring another three, police says.
1 April 2018