Asia

Kathmandu: Former Nepali Prime Minister Sushil Koirala, a moderate figure in the impoverished country's unsettled politics, died on Tuesday, presenting...

Washington: North Korea's latest rocket launch might kick off a buildup of US missile defence systems in Asia, US officials and missile defense experts...

Napyitaw/Yangon: Myanmar's parliament will begin its election of the new president on March 17, cutting very close to an April 1 deadline, suggesting...

Sydney: Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on Monday ruled out a rise in the Goods and Services Tax (GST) under pressure from within his own party,...

TAINAN(Taiwan): Rescuers pulled out alive an eight-year-old girl and her aunt from the rubble of a Taiwan apartment block on Monday, more than 60 hours...

Mazar-i-Sharif(Afghanistan): Two suicide bombers targeting Afghan government and military employees killed at least nine people on Monday and wounded 23,...

Tainan: Rescuers pulled more survivors from a collapsed apartment tower in Taiwan on Sunday and kept searching for about 120 people still believed trapped...

Seoul: North Korea launched a long-range rocket on Sunday carrying what it called a satellite, but its neighbours and the United States denounced the launch...

Kuala Lumpur: Digitally savvy Malaysian police have been taking to social media to issue warnings to critics of scandal-hit Prime Minister Najib Razak in an...

Tokyo/Seoul: North Korea may launch a rocket that it says will carry an earth observation satellite as soon as Sunday, after bringing forward and shortening...