Asia

Tokyo: Standing out from Japan's myriad of girl bands can be a daunting task, but one group, the "Kamen Joshi", or "Masked Girls" in...

Beijing: At a registry office in Beijing, Sun Xiangshu and Shi Ci pose for photographs, their wedding certificates in hand, having just officially become...

Tokyo: Laws loosening the limits of Japan's pacifist constitution on its military took effect on Tuesday as surveys showed the public remained divided...

Bangkok: Thailand's junta-appointed charter committee handed over a draft constitution to the military government at an auspicious time on Tuesday, the...

Yangon: Myanmar President Thein Sein, in a surprise move hours before leaving office, lifted a state of emergency in the restive western state of Rakhine,...

Seoul: North Korea test fired a short-range missile on its east coast on Tuesday, South Korea's military said, amid heightened tension over the isolated...

Beijing: The top official in China's northern province of Hebei, one of the country's most polluted, has vowed to use the staging of the 2022 Winter...

Yonaguni(Japan): Japan on Monday switched on a radar station in the East China Sea, giving it a permanent intelligence gathering post close to Taiwan and a...

Kabul: Taliban militants fired explosives into Afghanistan's parliament compound on Monday as the top intelligence official and caretaker minister of...

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...