Maldives police on Sunday said they had arrested former vice-president Ahmed Adeeb and were bringing him to the capital Male after he

Seoul and Washington yesterday began annual joint military exercises, defying warnings from Pyongyang that the war games will

Article 370 gave Jammu and Kashmir state a special position in India’s union. The provision gave Kashmir’s assembly the power to vet

Hong Kong is plunged into fresh chaos as a general strike followed another weekend of violent protests, paralysing transport, leading to more than 200 flight cancellations and bringing the city to an unprecedented standstill.

Khmer Rouge ‘brother number two’ Nuon Chea died yesterday aged 93, a spokesman for the Cambodia tribunal where he was convicted

Fears of an impending curfew in the disputed region of Kashmir ratcheted up tensions yesterday, as nuclear rivals India and Pakistan

Hong Kong police have said that they have arrested more than 20 people after violent clashes with anti-government protesters overnight, as the Chinese-controlled territory braced for more protests and a general strike aimed to bring the city to a halt.

Thousands of tourists and students scrambled to get places on planes and buses leaving Kashmir yesterday after the Indian

India yesterday deported former Maldives vice president Ahmed Adeeb, who faces attempted murder and corruption charges at home,

Hong Kong riot police fired tear gas yesterday evening at pro-democracy protesters in a popular tourist district, as violence rocked the

seven suspected Maoist rebels in a raid on a jungle camp yesterday, police said. The far-left rebels in the central state of Chhattisgarh

The battle to combat climate change will “succeed or fail” based on what happens in Asia, where growing energy needs are increasing demand for fossil fuels, UN officials said yesterday.

Six bomb blasts wound at least four people at three sites in Bangkok, as the Thai capital hosts a Southeast Asian security meeting with top diplomats from the United States, China and other world powers.

US President Donald Trump vows to impose a 10% tariff on $300 billion of Chinese imports from September 1, sharply escalating a bruising trade war between the world's largest economies and jolting financial markets.

Japan's cabinet approves a plan to remove South Korea from a list of countries that enjoy minimum export controls, a move likely to escalate tensions fuelled by a dispute over compensation for wartime forced labourers.

A North Korean man has crossed the demilitarised zone into South Korea and was in Seoul’s custody early yesterday, the Joint Chiefs of Staff said.

China’s claim that “most” inmates have been released from re-education camps in its Xinjiang region has been met with anger and scepticism by the Uighur diaspora which has launched a social media campaign challenging Beijing to prove it.

The average life expectancy of Japanese people reached record highs of 87.32 years for women and 81.25 for men in 2018, an increase of

Malaysia will review its labor laws to cut an “over-dependence” on foreign labor and address other issues, its prime minister says, amid simmering discontent against overseas workers who make up 46 percent of the labor force.

China yesterday urged non-Asian nations to avoid sowing “distrust” and division over contested seas in a swipe at the US shortly before its top diplomat was due to arrive at a Bangkok summit bearing a message of reinvigorated American trade and security