NBA Hall of Famer Yao Ming called for "urgent" reform and said he was facing a multitude of problems as he was elected president of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) on Thursday.

Detectives probing the assassination of Kim Jong-Un's half-brother want to question a North Korean diplomat, Malaysia's top policeman said yesterday.

A light aircraft smashed into shops and exploded into a "massive fireball" killing all five on board, including four American passengers

An avalanche killed at least seven labourers in northern Pakistan yesterday, with up to four more trapped beneath the

China will suspend all imports of coal from North Korea for the rest of the year, Beijing said yesterday, depriving Pyongyang of a

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, Yanghee Lee, will visit various locations in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar district where people fleeing Myanmar are residing temporarily in makeshift shelters.

The Hindu community in Pakistan is set to have a personal law for the first time as the country’s senate unanimously passes ‘The Hindu Marriage Bill 2017’.

Pakistan is boycotting the two-day South Asian Speakers’ Summit to be hosted by India in central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh to discuss various social issues like gender equality, women empowerment and climate change.

According to information security company Trend Micro Inc., its security software detected ransomware on 62,400 personal computers from January to November last year.

Talks on the Syrian crisis involving Russia, Iran and Turkey that were due to start in the Kazakh capital Astana yesterday have

Eight people were killed in a knife attack on a crowd in China's restive Xinjiang region, including three assailants who

Disgraced Indian politician VK Sasikala was jailed yesterday for corruption, just as she was on the cusp of becoming

Four suicide bombers struck Pakistan in one day yesterday, killing six people and unnerving citizens whose growing

Half a million Indians have set a new world record by performing a mass rendition of their national anthem, as patriotic

Malaysian police probing the killing of the half-brother of North Korea's leader arrested a woman yesterday as they

Japanese firm IHI Corp. aims to launch a wireless system that will allow people to charge electric vehicles without using an electric cable as early as 2019.

A Pakistani court yesterday banned public celebrations of Valentine's Day in the capital Islamabad, the latest attempt by

India's Supreme Court yesterday barred hundreds of students from becoming doctors after they were caught paying

The US has refused a visa to Pakistan senate deputy chairman Maulana Abdul Ghafoor Haideri. Following this

Six officials in central China's Hubei province have been punished for dozing off in a meeting on how to motivate lazy