Asia

Beijing: China's leadership is resisting pressure from elements within the military for a more forceful response to an international court ruling...

Tokyo: Voters in the Japanese capital elected their first woman governor on Sunday, after two predecessors stepped down over scandals that clouded the...

Hong Kong: A member of the pro-independence Hong Kong National Party has been disqualified from running in next month's Legislative Council elections...

Dhaka: A Bangladeshi-Canadian was on Saturday identified as the mastermind of Bangladesh's worst terror attack at a cafe in Dhaka's high-security...

Jalalabad: When Afghan troops pushed into Kot, a district close to the border with Pakistan, this week, they found many of the houses empty, with posters...

Melbourne: Hundreds of people rallied in major cities across Australia on Saturday criticising the government's response to video showing aboriginal...

Peshawar: A delegation from the Taliban visited China earlier this month to discuss the situation in Afghanistan, where the insurgent movement is fighting...

Beijing: Chinese relatives of those on board Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, which went missing two years ago on a flight to Beijing, made an emotional plea...

Washington: The Afghan government lost control or influence of nearly 5 per cent of its territory between January and May, the U.S government's top...

Sydney: Former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on Friday withdrew his candidacy to be the next U.N. Secretary-General after current Prime Minister...