World / Asia

Shanghai: A popular Chinese financial news site, wallstreetcn.com, said it has been shut down to undergo "rectification" amid a wider crackdown by the...

ISLAMABAD: Former Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari was arrested on corruption charges on Monday, a Pakistani official said, in a blow to the...

Tokyo: Perhaps the most famous recent inmate at the Tokyo Detention House, ex-Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn, is no longer resident, but the prison...

Taipei, A populist mayor who can command huge crowds and wants closer ties with China has thrown his hat in the ring to...

Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan: Police in Kazakhstan arrested around 500 protesters on Sunday, the interior ministry said, as they demonstrated against a vote certain to...

HONG KONG: Tens of thousands of protesters marched through Hong Kong on Sunday to voice their opposition to government-sponsored legislation that would allow...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid homage Sunday to the more than 250 Sri Lankans killed in the Easter suicide...

Colombo: Sri Lanka's parliament warned President Maithripala Sirisena not to scuttle a controversial investigation into security lapses before the Easter suicide bombings, the...

FUKUOKA, Japan: Group of 20 finance leaders said on Sunday that trade and geopolitical tensions have "intensified" but failed to express a pressing...

HONG KONG: Thousands of people were gathering in Hong Kong on Sunday to protest against a proposed extradition law that would allow suspects...

Almaty, Kazakhstan: Kazakhs went to the polls Sunday to elect their first new leader in 30 years following the departure of ex-president Nursultan...

Kolkata: Three supporters of India's ruling right-wing party and another from a rival regional party have been killed in a gun battle in...

Malé, Maldives: Indian leader Narendra Modi on Saturday inaugurated a coastal radar system and military training centre in the Maldives on Saturday, as...

LUCKNOW, India: Retrieving the bodies of five foreign climbers from a notoriously dangerous Himalayan mountain by air isn't immediately possible because helicopters are...

Fukuoka, Japan: Top G20 finance officials agreed Saturday there was an urgent need to find a global system to tax internet giants like...

Manila: The Philippine government attacked United Nations human rights experts on Saturday for "unpardonable intrusions", after a call for an international investigation into...

New Delhi: A troop of monkeys died from suspected heatstroke in India as scorching temperatures that have lasted more than a week take...

Peshawar, Pakistan: Four soldiers were killed and another four were wounded by a roadside bomb blast in a tribal area of northwestern Pakistan...