More than 1,000 protesters, many in surgical masks and balaclavas, filled a harbourside plaza near Hong Kong’s financial district late

Tehran and Delhi have agreed to accelerate the development of an important Iranian port, India’s foreign minister said during a visit to

In remote Indian Kashmir people have been offline since August, queuing for hours to pay bills or using government “internet kiosks”. As protests rage in other areas of India, it’s something people outside the Himalayan region are also getting a taste of.

It is “more important than anything” to keep up the momentum for talks between the United States and North Korea, South Korean President Moon Jae-in told Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing yesterday.

Authorities in the Indian states of Assam and West Bengal have vowed to protect the land rights of indigenous people and refugees amidst protests against a new citizenship law that critics say discriminates against Muslims.

India’s ruling party yesterday launched a video with animated Muslim characters on social media in a publicity blitz to try to bust “myths” around a new citizenship law that has sparked deadly protests.

Five people have been sentenced to death over the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, but two top figures investigated over the killing have been exonerated, Saudi Arabia's public prosecutor says.

Bangladesh has urged Russia to use its influence on Myanmar and put pressure so that Naypyidaw takes back its people currently living in Cox's Bazar camps.

A lot of talk is going on about unconventional and extravagant works of art created by artificial intelligence (AI) -- currently on display in various places across the nation.

The death toll from a volcanic eruption in New Zealand earlier this month has risen to 19 after police say another person died at an Auckland hospital overnight.

Hong Kong riot police yesterday broke up a solidarity rally for China’s Uighurs -- with one officer drawing a pistol -- as the city’s pro-democracy movement likened their plight to that of the oppressed Muslim minority.

President Donald Trump on Saturday criticised House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi for holding off on sending the articles of impeachment against him to the Senate.

At least 25,000 civilians have fled Syria’s northwestern region of Idlib and headed towards Turkey over the past two days,

Thousands took to the streets in Iraq’s capital and across the south yesterday to protest against Iran’s kingmaking influence as the latest

Cuba’s first prime minister in more than four decades -- long-serving tourism minister Manuel Marrero -- took office Saturday as the

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un held a meeting of top military officials to discuss boosting the country’s military capability, state news agency reported yesterday amid heightened concern the North may be about to return to confrontation with Washington.

Firefighters battling wildfires in Australia made the most of cooler weather yesterday to access badly burnt towns and contain blazes before the expected return of hotter conditions at the end of the week.

Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani appeared to have secured a second term yesterday, narrowly scoring an outright win in preliminary polling results, but his main rival immediately vowed to challenge the tally.

A fire in a three-story apartment building in downtown Las Vegas where residents were apparently using their stoves for heat killed six people and forced some residents to jump from upper-floor windows to escape the heavy smoke before dawn Saturday, authorities say.

The death toll from a storm that battered Spain, Portugal and France rises to eight as the region braced for more violent winds and heavy rain.