Asia

Shanghai: China is bracing for its second typhoon in a week after government raised their alert to "orange" for Typhoon Malakas on Saturday, just...

Bishkek: President Vladimir Putin said he laments attempts in the US presidential campaign to revive the image of Russia as an evil state, and said he likes...

Manila: Philippine senators cast doubt on the credibility of a self-confessed hit-man on Friday after he testified to seeing the country's president...

Tokyo: The stabbing deaths of 19 disabled people in their sleep last July and the silence surrounding their identities are forcing Japan to grapple with its...

Shanghai: The world's strongest storm this year killed at least 10 people in China when it hit the southeast coast, the government said on Friday, as...

Seoul: North Korea will have enough material for about 20 nuclear bombs by the end of this year, with ramped-up uranium enrichment facilities and an...

Beijing: China will launch its second experimental space laboratory late on Thursday and another manned space mission next month, the government said, part...

Wukan (China): Residents of a Chinese village once seen as a cradle of grassroots democracy were in shock on Wednesday after a "wild crackdown" by...

Jakarta: Indonesia's highest Islamic council has issued a fatwa on burning land and forests, a government official said on Wednesday, in an effort to...

Jakarta: Indonesia will resume land reclamation that will help prevent Jakarta from sinking below sea level, a cabinet minister said, five months after work...