Asia

Tokyo: An American has been detained in Tokyo for allegedly assaulting an airline employee after a fight on a plane bound for Los Angeles, police said on...

Beijing: China on Wednesday called on all parties in the Korean standoff to stay calm and "stop irritating each other" a day after North Korea...

Sragen (Indonesia): An Indonesian man reported to be the world's oldest person died at the age of 146 this week, family members said on...

Kathmandu: Nepal's Rastriya Prajatantra Party on Tuesday quit the Prachanda-led government, a day after withdrawing its support to it over an...

Beijing: China on Tuesday reiterated its opposition to the deployment of the U.S. THAAD anti-missile defence system in South Korea and urged it to be...

Seoul: North Korea accused the United States on Tuesday of pushing the Korean peninsula to the brink of nuclear war after a pair of strategic U.S. bombers...

Seoul: North Korea suggested on Monday it will continue its nuclear weapons tests, saying it will bolster its nuclear force "to the maximum" in a...

Seoul/Oslo: Six people died and more than 20 were injured when a crane collapsed at a Samsung Heavy Industries shipyard in South Korea on Monday, Yonhap...

Kathmandu: Nepal's faltering democratic transition has been thrown into turmoil by a clash between the Himalayan nation's Maoist-led government and...

Bangkok/Moscow: At least 27 people were injured on an Aeroflot flight from Moscow to Bangkok on Monday when their Boeing 777 hit an air pocket, the Russian...