Asia

Beijing: US military forces will continue to operate in the South China Sea in accordance with international law, the US Chief of Naval Operations John...

Shanghai: Five people died on Wednesday when a seaplane they were travelling in crashed into a bridge in Shanghai on its maiden flight to an offshore...

Seoul: North Korea fired three ballistic missiles on Tuesday which flew between 500 and 600km (300-360 miles) into the sea off its east coast, South...

Dhaka: Bangladeshi investigators poring over CCTV footage believe they have spotted four new suspects, including a woman, involved in a bloody attack on a...

Jakarta: Indonesia is "99 per cent" sure its most-wanted militant, a supporter of IS known as Santoso, has been killed in a clash with security...

Manila: The Philippines has turned down a Chinese proposal to start bilateral talks on their South China Sea dispute, its foreign minister said on Tuesday,...

Tapei: A Taiwan tour bus carrying tourists from China crashed into a highway railing en route to the airport on Tuesday and burst into flames, killing all...

Manila: The Philippines' Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a plunder case against influential former president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and ordered her...

New Zealand: Searing temperatures caused by climate change may cost global economies more than $2 trillion by 2030, restricting working hours in some of the...

Almaty: Suspected militants killed at least four policemen and one civilian in Kazakhstan's financial capital Almaty on Monday, security and hospital...