Asia

Kabul: Afghan civilians are paying the price for increased fighting in populated areas around the country, the United Nations (UN) reported on Wednesday,...

Beijing: Territorial disputes between China and the Philippines may take a lifetime to resolve but should not prevent warming ties, the Philippine foreign...

Bangkok: Thais are crowding shopping malls and department stores to stock up on black clothes, as they begin a year of mourning for beloved King Bhumibol...

Bangkok: Thai police are investigating 12 new complaints of royal defamation on social media lodged since the death of King Bhumibol Adulyadej last week, a...

Hong Kong: Dozens of pro-Beijing lawmakers walked out of the Hong Kong legislature on Wednesday to prevent the swearing-in of two pro-independence...

Beijing: China said on Wednesday that Japan had acted irresponsibly by withholding its 2016 funding for the UN heritage body UNESCO in a row over how the...

Yangon: Violence in Northern Rakhine state of Myanmar is stopping aid agencies from delivering food and medicines, a United Nations official said on...

Bangkok: Days after widely revered King Bhumibol Adulyadej died, many Thais are heading to tattoo parlours to get a lasting memory of the only monarch they...

Bangkok: Thailand's junta sought on Tuesday to reassure the country that the death of King Bhumibol Adulyadej last week would not upend plans for a...

Beijing: China will consider giving Filipino fishermen conditional access to disputed waters in the South China Sea after the presidents of the two...