Asia

Seoul: South Korea announced on Wednesday the site where a US THAAD anti-missile defence unit will be deployed against North Korea's missile and nuclear...

Kathmandu: Prime Minister K. P. Oli-led coalition government on Tuesday plunged into a serious crisis after its alliance partner CPN-Maoist Centre withdrew...

Kabul: The senior US commander in Afghanistan will have greater freedom to strike at the Taliban under broad new powers approved last month by President...

Chicago: Singapore is the safest nation to do business, according to global risk management company Pinkerton's new tool to help corporate clients...

Amsterdam/Beijing: An arbitration court ruled on Tuesday that China has no historic title over the waters of the South China Sea and has breached the...

Seoul: North Korea’s military said on Monday it will make a "physical response" to moves by the United States and South Korea to deploy the...

Tokyo/Shanghai: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, seeking to allay concern he would divert attention from fixing a fragile economy to revising a pacifist...

Colombo: Former Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa's eldest son was on Monday arrested over alleged financial irregularities in connection with a...

Phnom Penh: Thousands of people gathered for the funeral of prominent government critic and activist Kem Ley in Cambodia's capital on Monday, a day...

Beijing: The South China Sea is not on the agenda and should not be discussed at a major summit between Asian and European leaders in Mongolia at the end of...