Asia

Shanghai: Heavy rain in China has killed at least 87 people and forced thousands from their homes, state media reported on Saturday. Seventy-two people have...

Kuala Lumpur: The hunt for Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 will be suspended if the aircraft is not found in an area now being searched, Malaysia, China and...

Tokyo: Eager Japanese rushed to their phones on Friday to start hunting as Pokemon GO, the hit Nintendo-backed smartphone game, finally launched in Japan,...

Hong Kong: A Hong Kong court on Thursday found bespectacled teenage democracy activist Joshua Wong guilty of unlawful assembly related to demonstrations...

Beijing: Britain has listed the East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM) as a terrorist organisation, pleasing China, which had demanded Western support for...

Yangon: In a rare admission, Myanmar's still-powerful military said on Wednesday that soldiers had killed five villagers during an interrogation last...

Beijing: Persistent heavy rain on Wednesday caused widespread disruption in the Chinese capital, Beijing, forcing the delay and cancellation of hundreds of...

Jakarta: Indonesian forces are on high alert for reprisal attacks after the country's most-wanted militant was killed this week, officials said on...

Dhaka: Bangladesh police are trying to determine the whereabouts of at least 260 young men who have been missing for a year or more, a security officer said...

Seoul: North Korea said on Wednesday it had conducted a ballistic missile test that simulated preemptive strikes against South Korean ports and airfields...