Asia

Serang(Indonesia): Indonesian rice farmer Usman has kept his 19-year-old son chained in the family's tiny wooden hut for more than a month, reluctant to...

Washington: A senior US diplomat said on Tuesday he hopes China will accept an offer for a technical briefing on a new missile defence system the United...

Kuala Lumpur: A Malaysian court on Wednesday dismissed a bid by national flag carrier Malaysia Airlines Berhad (MAB) to throw out a suit filed by relatives...

Naypyitaw/Yangon: Members of Aung San Suu Kyi's victorious National League for Democracy (NLD) were in tears on Wednesday as Myanmar swore in its first...

Manila: Kim Wong, the Philippine gambling junket operator dubbed the “missing link” in the cyber heist of $81 million in Bangladesh central bank...

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,...