Asia

Dhaka: Bangladesh police have arrested a militant charged with the murder of a professor amid a surge in deadly attacks against liberal activists and other...

Hong Kong: A top ranked Chinese official began a rare visit to Hong Kong on Tuesday vowing to listen to residents' political concerns, seeking to...

Singapore/Manila: Singapore's central bank has asked banks to maintain a high level of security for their critical IT systems following recent cyber...

Wellington: NASA successfully launched a super pressure balloon from New Zealand's South Island Wanaka Airport on Tuesday to conduct near-space...

Seoul: South Korean author Han Kang won the Man Booker International Prize for fiction on Monday for her novel "The Vegetarian", a dark, surreal...

Colombo: Flash floods and landslides in Sri Lanka, triggered by more than three days of heavy rain, have forced more than 130,000 people to leave their...

SHANGHAI: China must learn from the tumultuous, decade-long Cultural Revolution and never allow such an event to happen again, the ruling Communist...

BANGKOK: One of two ethnic Uighur Muslims from China accused of involvement in a deadly bombing at a Bangkok shrine last year broke down in front of cameras...

Manila: The Philippine terror group Abu Sayyaf has threatened to execute one of two foreign hostages on June 13 unless a ransom worth 600 million pesos ($13...

Davao (Philippines): Philippines President-elect Rodrigo Duterte said on Monday he would pursue peace talks with Marxist guerrillas and as an olive branch...