Asia

Manila: The most senior US diplomat for Asia assured the Philippines on Monday that Washington remained its "trusted" ally and that it supported...

Bangkok: Human rights activists on Monday called on Thailand's junta to drop sedition charges against a rights lawyer in the first such case against an...

Seoul: South Korean President Park Geun-hye on Monday proposed amending the constitution to allow presidents to serve multiple terms or to establish a...

Tokyo: Junko Tabei, the first woman to climb Mount Everest and later to conquer the world's seven highest peaks, has died at the age of 77, Japanese...

Torkham (Afghanistan): Perched on top of lumbering trucks overflowing with all their possessions, Afghan families are streaming back to their home country...

Manila: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte expressed hope on Sunday that fishermen would be able to return to the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South...

Tokyo: A 72 year-old retired soldier blew himself up in a park in the Japanese city of Utsunomiya, killing himself and injuring three other people in an...

BANGKOK: A huge crowd of Thais gathered on Saturday outside Bangkok's Grand Palace to sing the royal anthem in honour of King Bhumibol Adulyadej, who...

Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak courted voters with perks and subsidies on Friday but was greeted by angry protests from opposition...

Benguet (Philippines)/Hong Kong: Typhoon Haima, the strongest storm to hit the Philippines in three years, killed at least 12 people and inundated vast...