Asia

Kabul: Afghan authorities will sign a peace accord on Thursday with Hezb-e-Islami of Afghanistan, a party led by one of the country's most prominent...

New York: China and the United States will keep developing positive relations no matter who wins November's US presidential election, Chinese Premier Li...

Osan (South Korea): Two US supersonic bombers flew over South Korea on Wednesday, with one of them landing at an air base 40km (25 miles) south of the...

Manila: In a pair of passionate speeches, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte first acknowledged that his country needed American troops in the South China...

Garut: Indonesian search and rescue teams worked on Wednesday to find victims of flash floods that killed 20 people and damaged hundreds of homes,...

Manila: Convicted Philippine felons on Tuesday told a Congressional hearing they had bribed a former justice minister and fierce critic of President Rodrigo...

Bangkok: A British rights activist was found guilty by a Thai court on Tuesday of criminal defamation and given a three-year suspended sentence, a move...

Jakarta: Harvard and Columbia university research showing smoke from land fires in Southeast Asia led to more than 100,000 premature deaths last year...

Seoul: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised a ground test of a new rocket engine to launch satellites, the North's state media reported on...

Hanoi: A court in Vietnam sentenced a land rights activist to 20 months in jail on Tuesday for causing public disorder, her lawyer said, jailing her for a...