Asia

Bangkok: Thailand's election commission said on Monday it expected 80 per cent of eligible voters to turn out for an August 7 referendum on a...

Dhaka: The new governor of Bangladesh's central bank has sent formal letters to the New York Fed, as well as central bank and money laundering chiefs in...

Sydney: Australian actor Hugh Jackman turned real-life action hero at Sydney's Bondi Beach on Saturday, when he helped his son and another man to safety...

New York: A New York-based Chinese Internet activist told Reuters on Friday that China's authorities have detained three members of his family in...

Seoul: A Korean-American man detained in North Korea has confessed to stealing military secrets and plotting subversion with South Koreans, the North's...

Sydney: Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on Wednesday called China's military deployments on the South China Sea...

Washington: The United States hopes to talk with China and address its concern about the possible deployment of the THAAD missile defence system that...

Tokyo: Mika Kiyokawa would love to have a third child but has abandoned the idea - because finding daycare for the two boys she already has was so much...

Shanghai: A widening scandal over illegal vaccine sales in China has sparked anger and drawn criticism from the government over glaring loopholes in the...

Kuala Lumpur: Former Malaysian premier Mahathir Mohamad filed a suit against scandal-plagued Prime Minister Najib Razak on Wednesday, alleging corruption...