After weeks of intense speculation and rumours, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday chose Lt Gen Asim Munir as the new chief of army staff (COAS).

Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim has been named prime minister, the palace said in a statement Thursday, ending a days-long political impasse after inconclusive polls.

In his final public address as Pakistan's army chief, Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa yesterday said the 1971 war with Bangladesh was a political failure of Pakistan and not a military one.

The Taliban-led Supreme Court in Afghanistan on Wednesday said fourteen people had been lashed at a football stadium in the east of the country.

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan yesterday accused a Moscow-led security group of failing to give protection to his country in the face of aggression from arch-foe Azerbaijan.

Japanese State Minister for Foreign Affairs Takei Shunsuke today said sustainable repatriation of the forcibly displaced Rohingyas would be possible after resumption of democracy in Myanmar.

A Cabinet meeting has approved the draft outcome of the 22nd Meeting of the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) Council of Ministers, while endorsing the Dhaka Communique.

Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is likely to pick a new army chief in the next couple of days, two government officials said on Wednesday, after the military said it had sent a list of six candidates to his office.

Hundreds of workers joined protests at Foxconn's 2317.TW flagship iPhone plant in China, with some men smashing surveillance cameras and windows, footage uploaded on social media showed.

Malaysia’s nonagenarian former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad, one of the world's longest-serving politicians, said Wednesday he will focus on writing after he suffered his first electoral defeat in more than half a century.

Malaysian King Al-Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah is in the spotlight as he mulls his choice on who will be the country's next prime minister, after an election left no party with a majority in parliament and coalition talks failed..Al-Sultan Abdullah on Tuesday said he would "soon" deci

The wait for a new Malaysian prime minister entered its fourth day on Wednesday, after the leading two contenders failed to secure enough support for a majority and break a hung parliament following last weekend's election..Malaysia's king will pick the new premier, after opposition leader

China’s capital Beijing posted a record number of new Covid cases yesterday, with the city hunkering down under a tightening chokehold of restrictions that have sent schools online, closed many restaurants and forced employees to work from home.

Thirty-eight people were killed and two were injured in a fire at a factory in central China, state media said yesterday, with authorities blaming

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin met his Chinese counterpart Wei Fenghe in Cambodia yesterday, with both sides describing the talks as productive without backing away from their core positions.

An earthquake that struck Indonesia’s West Java killed at least 268 people, many of them children, with 151 still missing, disaster relief officials said yesterday, as rescuers searched the rubble of destroyed buildings for survivors.

India has reiterated its commitment to continue with the developmental projects in Rakhine area of Myanmar and border area for the benefit of the people of that country.

At least six people, including a forest guard, were killed in violence as the border dispute between northeastern Indian states of Assam and Meghalaya flared up today in West Karbi Anglong district after a truck transporting illegal timber was intercepted, officials said.

Malaysia's King Al-Sultan Abdullah said on Tuesday that he will pick the next prime minister soon after the leading two contenders failed to win a majority in an inconclusive election on Saturday.

The culinary tourism business of Brian Bergey and his wife Ruixi Hu has persevered in China through three years of harsh Covid-19 restrictions.