North Korea has test-fired a missile into Japanese waters, the latest in a series of launches that have ratcheted up tensions over its nuclear weapons programme....
The Philippine government on Sunday formally called off the latest round of peace talks with communist insurgents, after the parties failed to resolve a dispute over...
The voice is that of a soft-spoken 28-year-old, but the message is vintage Osama bin Laden, giving orders to kill. When the audio recording began turning...
Fighters locked in street-to-street battles with security forces in a southern Philippine city on Mindanao island have killed 19 civilians, the military said on Sunday, bringing the official...
Sri Lankans recovering from devastating floods are bracing themselves for more rain as emergency teams rush to deliver aid. Floodwaters receded on Sunday but many villages...
Foreign fighters were among local gunmen clashing with the Philippine army in Mindanao island, authorities said on Friday, in a rare admission that outsiders were collaborating...
Indian acid-attack victim Lalita Ben Bansi beamed with joy at her wedding near Mumbai this week. “Who would have thought an acid attack and 17 surgeries...
A bomb explosion at a hospital in downtown Bangkok has “slightly” injured at least 24 people, police in the Thai capital said. Monday’s incident took place...
Indonesian police have arrested 141 men attending what they called a “gay sex party” at a sauna in the capital Jakarta late on Sunday. Police said...
An Indian woman cut off a Hindu religious teacher’s genitals after he allegedly tried to rape her at her house in the southern state of Kerala,...
North Korean scientists responsible for the successful launch of the country’s latest missile, the Hwasong-12, are being feted in state media and instructed to make more...