A Singaporean trader wanted by the FBI for allegedly helping North Korean entities evade US sanctions has flatly denied “all charges” against him. Tan Wee Beng...
At least 14 children have been injured in a knife attack at kindergarten in Chongqing, in south-west China. Police say a 39-year-old woman carrying a kitchen...
A Chinese company has announced ambitious plans to put a “fake moon” into space to brighten the night sky. According to the People’s Daily state newspaper,...
More than 60 people have been killed and 100 hurt after a train ran into a crowd near Amritsar in India’s northern Punjab state, police said...
Pakistan has hanged a man convicted for the rape and murder of six-year-old Zainab Ansari in January. Imran Ali, who was arrested after her body was...
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has invited Pope Francis to visit the country, South Korea’s presidential office has announced. The invitation to visit the capital city,...
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte does not have cancer, the acting interior minister said on Tuesday, after the firebrand leader underwent tests in a private hospital. The...
China has confirmed it is holding the missing head of Interpol, Meng Hongwei. Beijing said he was under investigation by the country’s anti-corruption body for unspecified...
An Indian bus driver has been suspended – for letting a monkey “drive” his bus. This is despite not one of the 30-or-so passengers on board...
A Chinese warship has forced an American destroyer to change course in the South China Sea by sailing close to it in an “unsafe and unprofessional”...
The number of people known to have died in Indonesia in Friday’s earthquake and tsunami has risen to 1,347, the country’s disaster response agency says. The...