The death toll from an earthquake that hit Indonesia's Cianjur town in western Java has risen to 252, the local government said in an Instagram post on Tuesday.

One person died and more than two dozen were injured in Thailand after a car bomb exploded outside police accommodation on Tuesday, a provincial governor said.

Six senior staffers from Hong Kong's shuttered pro-democracy tabloid Apple Daily pleaded guilty to colluding with foreign forces on Tuesday, and could face a maximum sentence of life in prison.

Rescuers searched on Tuesday for survivors buried under rubble after a strong earthquake on Indonesia's main island of Java killed 162 people, injured hundreds and left more feared trapped in collapsed buildings..The epicentre of the shallow 5.6-magnitude quake on Monday was near the town

Malaysia's opposition leader, Anwar Ibrahim, and former premier Muhyiddin Yassin were vying to break a deadlock in forming a government on Tuesday, three days after an election resulted in a hung parliament.

Thirty-six people were killed and two remain missing after a fire at a factory in central China, state media said Tuesday, citing local authorities.

A Bangladeshi fisherman was injured as Myanmar's border guards opened fire at the Teknaf border of Cox's Bazar Monday, local authorities said.

A shallow 5.6-magnitude earthquake killed at least 162 people, with hundreds injured and others missing, when it toppled buildings and triggered landslides on Indonesia’s main island of Java yesterday, officials said.

China reported two new deaths from Covid-19 yesterday, both elderly Beijing residents, as several major cities persisted with strict virus curbs despite a much-touted recent loosening.

Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim said yesterday he is in talks with the party of ex-premier Najib Razak, who is in jail for corruption, to

The United States has an “unwavering” commitment to the Philippines, US Vice President Kamala Harris told the country’s president yesterday during a visit aimed at countering China and rebuilding ties that were fractured over human rights abuses in the Southeast Asian nation.

China yesterday welcomed a deal struck at the landmark COP27 climate summit in Egypt, but warned there was still a “long way to go” for global cooperation in curbing rising temperatures.

A shallow 5.6-magnitude earthquake killed at least 162 people, with hundreds injured and others missing, when it toppled buildings and triggered landslides on Indonesia's main island of Java on Monday, officials said.

India’s main opposition party Congress today said it would seek a review of the Supreme Court decision to free the six assassins of its leader and former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi.

Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim said on Monday he is in talks with the party of ex-premier Najib Razak, who is in jail for corruption, to form the next government after an inconclusive election.

A shallow 5.6-magnitude earthquake killed at least 62 people, with hundreds injured and others missing, when it toppled buildings and triggered landslides on Indonesia's main island of Java on Monday, officials said.

The Malaysian King has extended the Monday 2pm deadline by 24 hours for rival coalitions to form a government.

North Korea responded to international condemnation of a recent ICBM launch, referring to UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres as a "puppet of the West."

Rival Malaysian political blocs on Monday tried to woo smaller parties to form a coalition government after the weekend's general election that saw major gains by a conservative Islamist party.

The UN COP27 climate summit in Egypt drew praise yesterday for the creation of a “loss and damage” fund to help vulnerable countries cope