Asia

Yangon: A fire destroyed about 50 shelters on Tuesday in a camp for internally displaced people in Myanmar's western Rakhine State, a witness...

Shanghai: China's health ministry will investigate a hospital that a university student turned to for cancer treatment after seeking information on the...

Seoul: North Korea has started welcoming delegates from around the country to its first ruling party congress in 36 years, state media reported on Tuesday,...

Bangkok: From the question of Britain's place in Europe to the choice of New Zealand's flag, referendums worldwide are usually preceded by unbridled...

Sydney: Australia blamed refugee advocates on Tuesday for "encouraging" asylum seekers held in remote camps towards acts of self-harm after a...

Singapore: Singapore has detained eight Bangladeshi men planning to stage terror attacks in their home country as the IS in Bangladesh (ISB), the city state...

Singapore: Nearly a decade after a spike in global food prices sent shockwaves around the world, Asia's top rice producers are suffering from a...

Bangkok: Japan wants to work with countries in the lower Mekong river basin and will help them improve infrastructure and bolster development with ¥750...

Beijing: Confessions by two more Taiwanese telecoms fraud suspects, from among dozens deported from Kenya to China last month, were aired by Chinese state...

Seoul: An executive from British consumer goods giant Reckitt Benckiser was slapped during an emotional news conference as he apologised on Monday over...