A snowballing political scandal moved closer to embattled South Korean President Park Geun-Hye yesterday, with her newly

Program developed by Japanese IT giant NEC scans a million faces from footage within 10 seconds, making police work easier.

Hundreds of schools were ordered to close indefinitely in Kashmir yesterday after shelling by Indian and Pakistani troops in the

Foreign diplomats visited flashpoint areas of Myanmar's strife-torn Rakhine state yesterday, authorities said, as pressure

Indian Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi was detained for a second time yesterday by Delhi Police and taken to an

South Korea's presidential office yesterday named a new prime minister and finance minister, the highest-level shake-up since

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi are "detained" as they tried to meet the family of an ex-serviceman who had committed suicide over the One Rank One Pension demand.

Two of China's secretive J-20 warplanes sweeps over a gasping crowd at the Zhuhai air show, potent symbols of Beijing's aspirations to military might.

Pakistan's Supreme Court yesterday issued a last minute reprieve to a mentally ill man set to face the gallows this week, after his

Nepal has successfully drained part of a giant glacial lake near Mount Everest, averting risk of a disastrous flood that could have

Pirate attacks worldwide fell to a 20-year low in the third quarter, the International Maritime Bureau said yesterday, as it credited

New Delhi was shrouded in a thick blanket of toxic smog yesterday after millions of Indians lit firecrackers to mark the Diwali

It has been traditionally associated with the dead, but for architect Michael Adriano, a mausoleum is as much a testament to life as it is a way to preserve memories and build a legacy.

Eight activists of banned Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) are killed in an encounter hours after they escaped from a high-security prison in Bhopal after killing a head constable.

In most of the Asian countries including Bangladesh, pregnancy comes with a significant risk of death. The WHO data reveals stark disparities across Asia when it comes to maternal mortality ratio - the number of maternal deaths per 100,000 live births.

The government of Japan is planning to allow foreign nationals to take jobs on its farmland, as long as they work within government-designated strategic special zones, in an effort to address the serious labor shortage in the agricultural sector.

China yesterday rebuked India for inviting exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama to visit a contested stretch of land on the India-

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has made a solemn promise: no more swearing.

New Delhi yesterday announced it was expelling a Pakistani visa official for suspected spying, with Islamabad responding by saying it would send back an Indian diplomat in an apparent tit-for-tat move.

Pakistan yesterday banned all public gatherings in Islamabad for two months, setting the stage for confrontation