Pakistani authorities issued a death warrant for a mentally ill condemned prisoner on Wednesday after the country's

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

China's Communist Party gave President Xi Jinping the title of "core" leader yesterday, putting him on par with past

Singapore and Bangladesh have reaffirmed their warm bilateral relations and discussed ways to deepen engagement and exchanges, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) says in a statement.

Tech China looks at selfie sticks which hide, zoom or are an umbrella.

South Korean President Park Geun-Hye was forced into a public apology yesterday for the leak of official documents to a

Hollywood may have kicked karate onto the world stage, but its first-ever Olympic inclusion at the Tokyo 2020 Games promises to shine a light on the rich history of the discipline.

A key conclave of China's Communist Party (CCP) elite kicked off yesterday in Beijing, the official Xinhua news service reported, as

Iraqi security forces ended an attack by the Islamic State group in Kirkuk city, killing at least 74 jihadists in three days of clashes, the provincial governor says.

A 72 year-old retired soldier blew himself up in a park in the Japanese city of Utsunomiya yesterday, killing himself

The leaders of the world's most powerful political party gather in Beijing today for a conclave that could change the

A hub to help firms get a slice of the global halal food market is being set up here, says Deputy Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam.

China has slammed the US for sailing a warship near disputed territory in the South China Sea, saying the move was a "serious

The first woman to conquer Mount Everest, Junko Tabei of Japan, died aged 77, media reported yesterday. She completed the

The act of throwing a snake into a muddy pit with schoolgirls as part of character-building training has sparked condemnation. The instructors involved will be hauled up.

Pakistan's Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai yesterday urged Muslims to respect the "true message of Islam"

Myanmar is struggling to establish full democracy after 50 years of military rule, de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said it was "time to say goodbye" to the US during a visit to China yesterday, as the

Violence in a Muslim-majority region of Myanmar is stopping aid agencies from delivering food and medicines, a United Nations official said yesterday, as security forces respond to deadly raids that the government says were inspired by Islamists.