Asia

Seoul: Former United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, who is expected to run for president of South Korea, said on Sunday it is appropriate for the...

Bangkok: Thailand faces more hardship from unseasonable floods that have killed 40 people in its south, with more rain expected in the major...

Seoul: South Korea's special prosecutor has delayed until Monday a decision on whether to seek a warrant to arrest Samsung Group leader Jay Y. Lee, a...

Bangkok: Thailand's army opened up some of its military barracks to children on Saturday to let them handle and pose with weapons and other hardware on...

BEIJING: Beijing's air quality target for 2017 is more than double the acceptable standard set by the World Health Organisation (WHO), the mayor...

MANILA: Extremist militants in the Philippines allied with IS freed on Saturday a South Korean cargo ship captain and a Filipino member of his crew held...

SYDNEY: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe met his Australian counterpart Malcolm Turnbull in Sydney on Saturday where the pair agreed to deepen defence...

DHAKA:- Bangladesh police said on Saturday they had arrested one of the men behind a militant attack on a Dhaka cafe last year that killed 22 people, mostly...

Seoul: Special South Korean prosecutors questioned the head of top conglomerate Samsung Group on suspicion of bribery on Thursday in an influence-peddling...

Manila: The Philippine central bank is ready to modify its monetary policy stance if needed, but sees no urgency to do it now, Governor Amando Tetangco said...