Asia

Manila: The Philippines government said on Wednesday it had summoned the Chinese ambassador earlier this week to explain reports that traffickers were...

Manila: The Philippines' territorial dispute with China over the South China Sea has not caused Manila to rebalance diplomatic ties with either its...

Beijing: China has showed off its first images of a rover it plans to sent to Mars in mid-2020, which is designed to explore the planet surface for three...

Yangon: Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi picked former UN chief Kofi Annan on Wednesday to lead a commission to stop human rights abuses in Rakhine State,...

Bangkok: Thailand's military government said on Wednesday there was no connection between two bombings overnight that killed one person in the southern...

Seoul: North Korea fired a submarine-launched missile on Wednesday that flew about 500km (311 miles) towards Japan, a show of improving technological...

Beijing: North Korea's firing of a submarine-launched missile on Wednesday could be seen as a "tit-for-tat move" in response to recent...

Beijing: A United Nations-appointed human rights envoy said on Tuesday that the Chinese government interfered with his work during a visit to China by...

Jakarta: A British man arrested over the killing of a policeman on Indonesia's holiday island Bali says he was involved in a "confrontation"...

Manila: Less than two months in office, Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte is getting high marks from the business community for policies that could...