Asia

Beijing: A military court in China on Monday jailed for life a former top military officer for corruption, stripping him of his title of general and seizing...

Manila: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte vowed big reforms to tackle chronic economic flaws on Monday and defended his pursuit of a deadly...

Bangkok: Thai student protesters will use social media tools, from Facebook to Japanese messaging app Line, to persuade voters to reject a military-backed...

Hong Kong: About one in six people in Hong Kong want the special administrative region of China to become independent of the mainland, a university poll has...

Kabul: Civilians are being killed and wounded in record numbers in Afghanistan, the United Nations reported on Monday, just days after one of the deadliest...

Seoul: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has criticised South Korea's move to deploy an advanced US anti-missile defence system to counter threats from...

Kathmandu: Nepal's Prime Minister K.P. Oli resigned on Sunday, nine months after coming to power and minutes before parliament was to vote on a no...

Vientiane: Southeast Asian nations failed to find common ground on maritime disputes in the South China Sea on Sunday after Cambodia stuck to its demand the...

Kabul: Relatives of some of those killed in a big suicide attack in Kabul searched through a bloodied assortment of belongings on Sunday left after the twin...

Beijing: China has unveiled the world's largest amphibious aircraft to fight forest fires and perform marine missions, the latest breakthrough in the...