The Election Commission of India on Thursday said Ram Nath Kovind, formerly the governor of the Bihar state and a member of the Dalit, has won the presidential election.
Kovind, a member of the National Democratic Alliance coalition, will succeed outgoing Indian leader Pranab Mukherjee to become India's 14th president -- defeating Meira Kumar, a former member of India's parliament who became...
A former Thai general has been sentenced to 27 years in jail for human trafficking at a landmark trial.
Manas Kongpan is among more than 60 people convicted in Bangkok of trafficking Bangladeshis and Rohingya Muslims, a minority fleeing Myanmar.
Another top former official was sentenced to 75 years in prison. More than 100 defendants were on trial.
Muslim Rohingya have been fleeing Myanmar...
Bad weather caused a military plane to crash in Myanmar last month with 122 people on board, state media say.
The Chinese-made aircraft went down in the Andaman Sea on 7 June with no survivors.
Investigators found the pilot had lost control after entering thick storm cloud. Ice had formed on the wings and sudden crosswinds had led the engine to stall, state media say.
The disaster is among...
Pakistan's Supreme Court is considering corruption allegations against Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, amid mounting pressure over his family's wealth.
The move comes after investigators said his family had failed to account for the source of its financial assets.
The probe began when the Panama Papers leaks linked his children to offshore companies used to buy London flats.
This fuelled...
South Korea has proposed holding military talks with the North, after weeks of heightened tension following Pyongyang's long-range missile test.
If they were to go ahead, they would be the first high-level talks since 2015.
A senior official said talks should aim to stop "all hostile activities that raise military tension" at the fortified border between the Koreas.
South Korea's President...
Pakistan's military says it has launched a major operation against so-called Islamic State (IS) in the north-western region along the Afghan border.
A spokesman said militants had gained ground inside Afghanistan and had to be stopped from extending their influence.
He said the "Khyber 4" operation, backed by the air force, would focus on the mountainous Rajgal Valley area in Khyber...
At least 16 Hindu pilgrims were killed Sunday when their bus veered off a national highway and plunged into a gorge in Indian-administered Kashmir, a local official said.
Another 29 people were injured when the bus crashed off the mountainous Jammu-Srinagar National Highway, the Indian Home Ministry said.
It was not immediately clear what caused the bus to fall into a gorge near Banihal, a...
The encrypted messaging company Telegram says it is forming a team of moderators who are familiar with Indonesian culture and language so it can remove "terrorist-related content" faster.
The announcement comes after Indonesia limited access to the app and threatened a total ban.
Pavel Durov, who with his brother Nikolai founded the app in 2013, said in a message on Sunday to his 40,000...
U.S. forces killed the leader of the Islamic State in Afghanistan, Abu Sayed, earlier this week with a drone, the Pentagon confirmed Friday.
A U.S. airstrike killed Sayed, the emir of the terrorist group's Afghanistan affiliate -- Khorasan -- Tuesday in Kunar Province, U.S. Defense spokespeople have said. Khorasan is ancient name for the region that includes portions of Afghanistan and...
At least 22 people have died after a fire broke out in a two-storey house in eastern China, state media report.
Another three people were injured in the city of Changshu, north-west of Shanghai, Xinhua news agency says.
It says the fire - that started at about 04:30 local time (20:30 GMT Saturday) - has been put out.
It was not immediately known how many people lived in the building in...
