Asia

Beijing: Hailing "mighty Uncle Xi", Chinese people have taken to social media using an old imperial term to welcome President Xi Jinping's...

Beijing: A senior Chinese corruption fighter on Friday blasted those who think the battle against graft is aimed at the ruling Communist Party's...

Yangon: Myanmar is investigating the death in custody of a 60-year-old Rohingya man, the office of President Htin Kyaw said, as a security sweep in the...

Bangkok: Thailand's Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn will fly overseas on Friday night and return home next month, three senior military sources with...

Manila: Chinese ships are no longer at the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea and Philippine boats can resume fishing, the Philippine defence...

Manila: A mayor on Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's wanted list for alleged drugs links was killed along with nine of his guards in a shootout on...

Tokyo: The 100-year-old uncle of Japanese Emperor Akihito, Prince Mikasa, died on Thursday, leaving only four heirs to the Chrysanthemum throne, the...

Tokyo: Japan, the United States and South Korea agreed on Thursday to work together to put more pressure on North Korea to get it to abandon its nuclear and...

Kuala Lumpur: Authorities will adopt more "invisible" screening measures to step up security in and around airports as they increasingly become...

Herat (Afghanistan): Gunmen in the remote central-western Afghan province of Ghor rounded up dozens of civilians and executed them on Wednesday in an attack...