Asia

Tokyo: The United States military said on Friday it was preparing for the biggest land return in Okinawa since 1972, as it faces a surge in opposition to...

Sagamihara (Japan): Japanese police on Wednesday raided the house of a 26-year-old man suspected of stabbing to death 19 people and wounding dozens at a...

Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak will get sweeping security powers on Monday amid planned protests calling for his resignation over...

Bangkok: A constitution that Thailand will decide on in a referendum next month is not aimed at perpetuating military rule, an official who helped write it...

Jakarta: Indonesian President Joko Widodo pleased market reform advocates by bringing home the World Bank's managing director to be finance minister and...

Sydney: Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on Tuesday ordered an inquiry into the treatment of children in detention after the airing of video...

Vientiane: US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Tuesday he supported the resumption of talks between China and the Philippines over the South China Sea,...

Kabul: IS militant group is threatening more attacks against Afghanistan's Hazara minority after Saturday's suicide blasts in Kabul that killed 80...

Dhaka: Police in Bangladesh killed nine militants on Tuesday who were believed to have been plotting an attack similar to the one on a cafe on July 1 that...

Sagamihara (Japan): A knife-wielding man broke into a facility for the disabled in a small town near Tokyo early on Tuesday and killed 19 patients as they...