Asia

Seoul: A South Korean army helicopter crashed during a test flight on Monday morning, killing three soldiers, the country's defence ministry said. All...

Seoul: South Korea said 70 per cent of the US dollars paid as wages and fees for the suspended Kaesong industrial project, run jointly with the North, had...

Wellington: A strong 5.7 magnitude earthquake struck near Christchurch in New Zealand on Sunday, causing cliffs to collapse into the sea but no major damage...

Kabul: Civilian casualties of the war in Afghanistan rose to record levels for the seventh year in row in 2015, as violence spread across the country in the...

Perth: Doctors at an Australian hospital are refusing to release a baby girl facing repatriation to an offshore immigration detention camp, after she was...

Yangon: Myanmar's powerful army chief Min Aung Hlaing and his deputy are slated to extend their terms for another five years, a local newspaper said on...

Almaty: A fire broke out on Saturday at a construction site where Central Asia's tallest tower is being built in the Kazakh capital Astana, the Kazakh...

Munich: China will back a UN Security Council resolution to make North Korea "pay the necessary price" for recent rocket launches, its foreign...

Naypyitaw: The mood of goodwill evident in early talks between Aung San Suu Kyi and Myanmar's military over the country's transition to democratic...

Bangkok: Former Thai prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra opened her home to foreign media on Friday in what analysts said was a bid to boost her family's...