World / Asia

MANILA: Security experts and patrons at a Philippines casino on Friday expressed alarm at the apparent ease with which a lone gunman was...

Marawi, Philippines:  Loud explosions rang out in the now mostly deserted city of Marawi on Friday as Philippine fighter jets launched fresh bombing...

SYDNEY: Bosses of Australia’s media companies, including an arm of Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp , have formed an unprecedented front to lobby for...

Every effort was made last summer to keep the diversity project at the Asian College of Journalism (ACJ) a secret. But word had...

Dominated by Japanese investment since the 1980s, Southeast Asia has found a new source of funds in China. Chinese companies poured a record...

MANILA: At least 36 people died after a gunman burst into a Manila casino, firing shots and setting gaming tables alight, a spokesman...

MANILA: Gunfire was reported at a hotel and a casino resort in the Philippine capital on Friday, the operator of the complex said,...

KABUL: Reuters photographer Omar Sobhani has covered many bombings in Kabul. Wednesday’s militant attack that killed at least 80 people left scenes of...

Marawi, Philippines: Philippine airstrikes aimed at Islamist militants who are holding hostages as human shields killed 11 soldiers, authorities said Thursday, as they...

Kabul: One person was killed and four others were injured on Thursday after a car bomb went off near Jalalabad Airport , police...

Beijing: A new human infection of the H7N9 bird flu virus was reported in northwest China's Shaanxi Province, bringing the number of infections...

Melbourne: A Sri Lankan student who tried to enter an airline cockpit with what he said was a bomb before terrified passengers overpowered...

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Indonesia recently held a Coordination Meeting of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs with the envoys and representatives...

TOKYO: Japan launched a rocket carrying a satellite with a local version of the U.S. global positioning system (GPS) on Thursday, which is...

COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh: Left drenched and near destitute by a cyclone that hit Bangladesh a day earlier, thousands of Rohingya refugees hunkered down...

New Delhi:  The Indian Air Force Wednesday declared two of its pilots dead a week after their Sukhoi fighter jet crashed in a...

Kabul: At least 80 people were killed and more than 300 were injured after the powerful vehicle bomb that hit the diplomatic area...

Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh: Aid workers warned Wednesday of an "acute crisis" in Bangladesh after a cyclone destroyed thousands of homes and devastated camps...