Asia

Kathmandu: Grieving relatives mourned on Sunday the thousands killed in a huge earthquake in Nepal last year, as aid agencies warned about the health risks...

Dhaka: Bangladesh police on Sunday detained a student and an alleged activist of an extremist organisation in connection with the murder of a liberal...

Beijing: China has agreed with Brunei, Cambodia and Laos that the South China Sea territorial dispute should not affect relations between China and the...

Beijing: China must be on guard against foreign infiltration through religion and stop "extremists" spreading their ideology, President Xi Jinping...

Manila: An outspoken mayor running for the Philippine presidency on promises of a crackdown on crime and drugs has increased his lead in an opinion poll...

Seoul: North Korea said on Sunday a submarine-launched ballistic missile test it conducted under the supervision of leader Kim Jong Un had been a...

Sydney: Australian police are investigating how confidential information about the outcome of a tender process for Australia's next submarine fleet was...

Seoul: North Korea fired a submarine-launched ballistic missile on Saturday off its east coast, South Korea said, amid concerns that the isolated state...

Shanghai: The air quality in eastern China continued to improve in the first quarter, but smog worsened in central and western regions, Greenpeace said in a...

Sydney: Australian scientists said on Wednesday that just seven per cent of the Great Barrier Reef, which attracts around A$5 billion ($3.90 billion) in...