Asia

Jakarta: Indonesian police on Saturday named the five men they suspect launched this week’s gun and bomb attack in the heart of Jakarta and said they had...

Colombo: The Maldives on Saturday granted permission for jailed former leader Mohamed Nasheed to travel to Britain for surgery after pressure from the...

Taipei: Taiwan's independence-leaning opposition leader Tsai Ing-wen won a convincing victory in presidential election on Saturday and pledged to...

Taipei/Beijing: Taiwan presidential frontrunner Tsai Ing-wen sought to reassure she'd seek peaceful relations with China if she won Saturday's...

Bangkok: Former Thai prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra appeared in court on Friday to face corruption charges that her supporters say are a ploy by the...

Beijing: Chinese President Xi Jinping will make an unusual visit next week to Saudi Arabia and Iran as Beijing seeks a greater regional diplomatic...

Jakarta: Indonesian police killed one suspected militant and arrested two more in raids across the country on Friday, a day after an attack by IS suicide...

Jakarta: Militants launched a gun and bomb assault in the centre of the Indonesian capital on Thursday, killing at least six people, in an attack that...

Beijing: Feminists in China are embracing Taiwan's presidential front-runner Tsai Ing-wen as a role model in a country where the last woman leader was...

Yangon: Aung San Suu Kyi's last-minute decision to join Myanmar peace talks she had previously criticised took some attendees by surprise, and could...