Asia

Beijing: Typhoon Sarika lashed China's Hainan province on Tuesday, with torrential rain and winds of up to 162 kilometres per hour (100 mph) forcing...

Phnom Penh: China has agreed to help modernise Cambodia's military, Cambodia's defence minister said on Monday, after the two countries signed new...

Beijing: There is no sense in going to war over the disputed South China Sea as talks are far better, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte told China's...

Shanghai: China launched its longest manned space mission on Monday, sending two astronauts into orbit to spend a month aboard a space laboratory that is...

Bangkok: The death of Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej will not affect plans to hold a general election in 2017, media reported on Monday, dismissing...

Hong Kong: The oldest giant panda living in captivity, 38-year-old Jia Jia, was euthanised in Hong Kong after rapidly deteriorating health over the past two...

DENPASAR (Indonesia): A bridge connecting two small islands near the Indonesian resort island of Bali collapsed on Sunday, killing nine people and injuring...

Bangkok: Thailand has sought to dispel any concern about a royal succession after Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn said he would delay his ascension to the...

Manila: Typhoon Sarika made landfall in eastern Philippines on Sunday after leaving at least two people dead a day earlier, thousands of villagers displaced...

Bangkok: Thailand has sought to dispel any concern about a royal succession after Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn said he would delay his ascension to the...