Asia

Beijing/Washington: China lodged a diplomatic protest on Saturday after US President-elect Donald Trump spoke by phone with President Tsai Ing-wen of...

Bangkok: Thai police arrested an anti-junta activist on Saturday for defaming the monarchy in what rights groups said was the first case of lese-majeste...

Beijing: At least 38 people have died in two separate coal mine disasters in China in the last five days, state media said, the latest accidents in a...

Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia described the violence against Myanmar's Muslim Rohingya minority as "ethnic cleansing" on Saturday, ahead of a planned...

Kuala Lumpur: Relatives of those aboard Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 said on Saturday they were taking the search for the plane into their own hands to...

United Nations: The United Nations Security Council imposed new sanctions on North Korea on Wednesday that aim to cut the Asian country's annual export...

Jakarta: Indonesia's parliament on Wednesday reappointed Setya Novanto as its speaker, reinstating him despite a scandal last year when he was accused...

Kabul:The number of people displaced by conflict in Afghanistan this year has surpassed half a million people, the United Nations reported on Wednesday, the...

Manila: Troops in the southern Philippines retook a disused building from militants on Wednesday, ending an intense five-day siege that killed dozens of...

Hanoi: A high-profile Vietnamese activist on Wednesday lost a bid to overturn a 20-month jail term for protesting against illegal land grabs, her lawyer...