Amid rising political and military tensions, Pakistani and Indian bodies yesterday took tit-for-tat moves banning artistes and movies in

India-US military relationship is the "closest it has been ever" and the two countries are exercising together by air, land and sea for the

China yesterday warned Japan against "playing with fire" in the contested waters of the South China Sea, after Tokyo announced it may patrol alongside the US in the region.

Thai authorities blocked an Amnesty International news conference on torture in the kingdom yesterday, the watchdog

The third typhoon to hit Taiwan in two weeks killed four people and injured scores yesterday, bringing violent winds and heavy

Yangshuo has many beautiful fresh mountain springs and rivers, tumbling off the mountains. And now, you can tumble off them too!

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Saturday said it was time for a new direction in relations with Cuba, during a

Pakistan yesterday rejected Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's assertion that it was exporting terror, saying the remarks

China has assured Pakistan of its support in the event of any foreign "aggression" and also supported the country's

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday launched a blistering attack on Pakistan in his first public address after the Uri terror

Three police officers were killed yesterday by a roadside bomb in Thailand's far south, police said, as peace talks

India signed a deal Friday to buy 36 Rafale fighter jets for 7.9 billion euros ($8.8 billion), France's biggest ever such sale, as it seeks to

Former Cold War-era rivals Pakistan and Russia are due to hold their first ever military exercise this month,

A Chinese court has sentenced defence lawyer Xia Lin to 12 years in prison, his attorney said yesterday, the latest blow in a broad

Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, while addressing the United Nations General Assembly session, says his country wants peace with India but maintained it is "not possible without resolving the Kashmir issue".

For all the shrill rhetoric immediately following Sunday's attack on an Indian army camp in Kashmir, which New Delhi blamed on Pakistan, the threat of a sudden escalation in hostilities between the nuclear-armed rivals has receded for now.

North Korea has successfully tested a new, high-powered rocket engine, state media said yesterday, a move Seoul said

The SWIFT inter-bank messaging network plans to send daily reports to clients to help them more quickly identify unauthorised payment instructions like those used by hackers to steal $81 million from Bangladesh's central bank in February.

A smog outbreak in Southeast Asia last year may have caused over 100,000 premature deaths, according to a new

Dozens more are reported missing as overloaded boat carrying passengers who had attended an annual Muslim ritual rams into pole.