World / Asia

Dhaka: Bangladeshi authorities have confiscated half a tonne of gold from a top jeweller, officials said Sunday, amid a crackdown on a booming...

Marawi, Philippines: Efforts to rescue up to 2,000 civilians trapped by fighting between troops and Islamist militants in a southern Philippine city failed...

Kashmir - Two Indian soldiers were killed and four injured after militants ambushed an army convoy in India-administered Kashmir on Saturday. The insurgents...

  Kabul,  At least three consecutive explosions were heard in the Afghan capital Kabul city few minutes earlier with the preliminary reports suggesting the...

KABUL, Afghanistan: At least four people were killed and 11 others wounded when multiple blasts ripped through a funeral and burial ceremony at...

KARACHI, Pakistan: Five Indian soldiers were killed during a clash along the Line of Control (LoC) -- a de facto border region that...

MANILA: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Saturday that Islamic State militants were not behind the attack on a casino in the capital...

Paris: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi vowed after meeting French President Emmanuel Macron Saturday to go "above and beyond" the Paris Agreement on...

Kabul: Explosions Saturday rocked the funeral ceremony of an Afghan man killed during protests over the worsening security situation in the capital Kabul,...

KABUL: At least seven people have been killed on Friday during an anti-government protest in the Afghan capital of Kabul, local media have...

Singapore: Pentagon chief Jim Mattis said Saturday that North Korea posed a global threat and praised China's efforts to influence Pyongyang, while also...

Marawi, Philippines: Dozens of people ran to freedom through a terrifying gauntlet of military air strikes and Islamist gunmen Saturday, nearly two weeks...

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...