Asia

Beijing: China said it will not change its position on opposing the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to people it considers criminals, even though Beijing...

Shanghai/Beijing: A plane carrying the chief executive of the world's biggest oil exporter was prevented from landing in the Chinese capital of Beijing...

Seoul: South Korea and Japan have ordered fresh culls of poultry stocks to contain outbreaks of avian flu, authorities in the two countries said. The South...

Manila: Eight out of 10 Filipinos worry they or someone they know might become a victim of extrajudicial killings, an opinion poll published on Monday...

Beijing: The Chinese and US militaries are having "unimpeded" talks about the return of US underwater drone taken by a Chinese naval vessel in the...

Oslo/Beijing: Norway and China on Monday normalised diplomatic and political ties, frozen since 2010 when Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo was awarded the Nobel...

Yangon: Malaysia said on Monday the plight of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar was a regional concern and called for the Association of South East Asian Nations...

Manila: The Philippines said on Monday it will not "deviate from" an international tribunal ruling that rejected China's extensive claims in...

Beijing: Concentrations of airborne pollutants in a major northern Chinese city exceeded a World Health Organisation (WHO) guideline by 100 times on Monday...

Seoul: A friend of South Korean President Park Geun-hye at the centre of a corruption scandal that led to Park's impeachment in parliament denied...