Asia

Beijing: At least 41 people were missing and seven others injured on Sunday when a massive landslide engulfed the construction site of a hydropower station...

Ghazni (Afghanistan): Around 50 people were killed and scores were injured in Afghanistan when two buses collided with a fuel tanker on a highway in the...

Kabul: Afghanistan hanged six prisoners convicted of terrorism offences, as part of a tougher new policy towards the Taliban promised by President Ashraf...

Manila: The Philippines' presidential race paused after weeks of campaigning that was embittered by the emergence of tough-talking mayor Rodrigo Duterte...

Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia's ruling coalition secured a landslide victory in the Borneo state of Sarawak on Saturday after a campaign led by the prime...

Hanoi: Vietnamese police broke up a demonstration in the capital, Hanoi, on Sunday when protesters gathered for the second time in a week to denounce a...

Sydney: Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull fired the starting gun on Sunday on one of the longest election campaigns in Australia's history, against the...

Pyongyang: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country will not use nuclear weapons unless its sovereignty is infringed by others with nuclear arms,...

Sydney: Australia's conservative government is running neck-and-neck with the centre-left Labor opposition, according to an opinion poll published on...

Beijing: A group of Nobel laureates visited sanctions-bound North Korea over the last week despite objections from South Korea, saying they wanted to extend...