Asia

Shanghai: China launched its longest manned space mission on Monday, sending two astronauts into orbit to spend a month aboard a space laboratory that is...

Bangkok: The death of Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej will not affect plans to hold a general election in 2017, media reported on Monday, dismissing...

Hong Kong: The oldest giant panda living in captivity, 38-year-old Jia Jia, was euthanised in Hong Kong after rapidly deteriorating health over the past two...

DENPASAR (Indonesia): A bridge connecting two small islands near the Indonesian resort island of Bali collapsed on Sunday, killing nine people and injuring...

Bangkok: Thailand has sought to dispel any concern about a royal succession after Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn said he would delay his ascension to the...

Manila: Typhoon Sarika made landfall in eastern Philippines on Sunday after leaving at least two people dead a day earlier, thousands of villagers displaced...

Bangkok: Thailand has sought to dispel any concern about a royal succession after Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn said he would delay his ascension to the...

Beijing: China will launch a two-man space mission, Shenzhou 11, at 7:30am (2330 GMT) on Monday, officials with the space programme said, taking the country...

Bangkok: Thailand's main mobile telecoms operators instructed customers on Sunday to report "inappropriate content about the royal...

Manila: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Sunday he would raise a controversial arbitral ruling on the South China Sea with China's leaders,...