Asia

Manila: The FBI is negotiating with a former branch manager of a Philippines bank for information relating to $81 million that she handled after it was...

Jalalabad (Afghanistan): A suspected US drone strike against IS militant group in Afghanistan killed at least 21 people on Wednesday, most of them militants...

Colombo: Sri Lankan police on Tuesday exhumed the body of a senior journalist who had predicted just days before his murder in 2009 that he would be killed...

Manila: A visit to China by a Philippine special envoy tasked with rebuilding tattered ties with Beijing has been cancelled, his aides said on Tuesday, the...

Bangkok: Thailand is investigating four suspected cases of Zika-related microcephaly in three babies and a 36-week old unborn baby, the public health...

Kunduz( Afghanistan): As many as 12 Afghan soldiers were killed in their sleep by comrades in an outpost near the northern city of Kunduz, an official said...

Taipei: The third typhoon to hit Taiwan this month killed at least four people and injured hundreds on Tuesday, knocking down trees and cutting power to...

MANILA: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Monday he would visit Russia and China this year to chart an independent foreign policy and "open...

Seoul: South Korean prosecutors asked a court on Monday to approve an arrest warrant for the chairman of the Lotte Group conglomerate on suspicion of...

Yogyakarta (Indonesia): Polio did not stop Triyono from cashing in on Indonesia's booming ride-hailing business last year, when he launched a motorcycle...