Asia

Sydney: Cities on Australia's east coast were among the first in the world to turn lights out on Saturday for the 10th annual Earth Hour, a global...

Manila: Philippine security forces wounded a leader of an Al Qaeda-linked militant group wanted by the United States in a clash on Friday but he escaped, an...

Seoul: North Korea fired at least one ballistic missile which flew about 800km (500 miles) before hitting the sea off its east coast, South Korea's...

Sydney: Australia's Senate on Friday passed voting reforms after a marathon session lasting over 28 hours, clearing the way for Prime Minister Malcolm...

Jakarta: Rights activists on Friday called on Indonesia's parliament to reject government proposals designed to tighten the country's anti-terrorism...

Manila: Grace Poe, frontrunner in the Philippines' presidential election campaign, said on Wednesday she favoured relaxing restrictions on foreign...

Tokyo: Japan's ruling party urged Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's government on Wednesday to consider seeking international arbitration over...

Yangon: Myanmar's powerful army chief congratulated incoming president Htin Kyaw and pledged cooperation on Wednesday, after the ally of Aung San Suu...

Jakarta: Indonesian security forces have killed two ethnic Uighur Chinese belonging to a militant network led by the country's most wanted man, police...

Seoul: North Korea's supreme court sentenced American student Otto Warmbier, who was arrested while visiting the country, to 15 years of hard labour on...