Asia

Yangon: Eight people died and 36 were arrested in clashes between the Myanmar army and what the government believes are Rohingya militants in northern...

Seoul: South Korean prosecutors are seeking to question President Park Geun-hye this week over a political scandal which has engulfed her presidency, Yonhap...

KABUL: A Taliban suicide bomber dressed as a labourer blew himself up at the NATO air base at Bagram north of the Afghan capital Kabul on Saturday, killing...

Manila: The Philippines' anti-graft agency has initiated an inquiry into whether the police chief broke the law by visiting the United States last week...

Bangkok: Thailand's Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn returned to Bangkok on Friday, just weeks before he is due to ascend the throne, four senior...

Zurich: Malaysia has again rebuffed Switzerland's request for legal assistance in probing suspected corruption linked to scandal-hit state fund 1MDB,...

Washington: In a humid, tropical jungle in southern China eons ago, a remarkably bird-like dinosaur with wing-like arms, a toothless beak and a dome-shaped...

Beijing: China will never allow any part of its territory to break off, President Xi Jinping said on Friday, within a week of reining in Hong Kong...

Mazar-i-Sharif/Berlin: A Taliban suicide bomber rammed a truck packed with explosives into a wall around the German consulate in the northern Afghan city of...

Kabul: Afghanistan's president on Wednesday welcomed back Sharbat Gula, the green-eyed "Afghan Girl" whose 1985 photo in National Geographic...