SHANGHAI/BEIJING: China on Saturday named rising political star Chen Miner as Communist Party boss in southwestern Chongqing, cementing his reputation as a favourite...
SHANGHAI/BEIJING: China on Saturday named rising political star Chen Miner as Communist Party boss in southwestern Chongqing, cementing his reputation as a favourite...
Shenyang, China: The body of China's late Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo was cremated Saturday after a private ceremony attended by his family, as...
New Delhi: India's next president will emerge from the Dalit caste -- a community so marginalised they were once known as "untouchables" --...
KABUL: A team of Afghan girls are on their way to compete in an academic robotics competition in the United States after American...
Beijing: Giving the Nobel Peace Prize to Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo was a "blasphemy", China said Friday as it faced a barrage of...
A typeface is at the heart of a Pakistani scandal after investigators accused Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's daughter of presenting forged documents to...
Bhopal: Opposition candidate for the President's post Meira Kumar on Thursday said her fight is against those trying to impose on the people...
GUWAHATI, India: Floods in northeast India that have killed at least 40 people and displaced nearly 1.5 million have also inundated a national...
India has rejected China's offer to mediate and help resolve the Kashmir issue, insisting talks will only take place with Pakistan without the...
SHENYANG, China: Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo, China's most prominent political prisoner, died Thursday at a hospital in the country's northeast, officials...
Islamabad: A typeface has sparked uproar in Pakistan after documents using the font were produced in a corruption case against Prime Minister Nawaz...
Beijing: China has deployed troops to its first overseas naval base in Djibouti, a major step forward for the country's expansion of its...
Dennis Uy (second right), chairman and executive officer, and Domingo Uy (centre), chairman of the board of Philippines' Phoenix petroleum company, ring the...
Khatmandu: Hundreds of rural women in Nepal are turning from housewives to entrepreneurs to bring clean, energy smart products such as solar panels,...
New Delhi: An Indian man tried to open an emergency exit door on a packed AirAsia flight in midair, injuring fellow passengers and...
Tokyo: The death toll from torrential rains and flooding that swept through Japan's south has reached 25, the government said Tuesday, as rescue...
Bangkok: Eight people, including three children, were killed by gunmen posing as government officials in Thailand's Krabi province, police said Tuesday, a mass...
Seoul: North Korea's intercontinental ballistic missile is "likely" to be able to deliver a 500 kilogram warhead to San Diego within two years,...
