Asia

Manila: The Philippines and the US have scheduled military drills next month in the Southeast Asian nation, the US embassy in Manila said, days after...

Bangkok: Former Thailand prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra, whose government was ousted in a military coup in 2014, should be fined about 35 billion baht...

United Nations: Philippines Foreign Minister Perfecto Yasay told the United Nations on Saturday his country's new president, Rodrigo Duterte, had an...

Beijing: China on Sunday commissioned the world's largest radio telescope, a 4,450-panel reflector as large as 30 football pitches, which can help in...

Jessore (Bangladesh): With India looking to completely seal the Indo-Bangla border in Assam soon, a top Bangladeshi security commander has said his country...

SHANGHAI: Dalian Wanda Group, the Chinese entertainment giant owned by the country's richest man, opened the first phase of a sprawling 34 billion yuan...

Bangkok: Thai police on Saturday said they will charge three foreign members of a suspected passport forgery gang with concealing a dead body after a raid...

Yangon: Amid unprecedented public outrage over its handling of a child abuse case, Myanmar's National Human Rights Commission (MNHRC) is facing scrutiny...

Bangkok: Three Thai policemen were killed and two wounded on Friday in a bomb and gun attack in the southern province of Yala where separatists have been...

Manila: Diplomats in the Philippines are in talks with counterparts in Japan and China to arrange visits by President Rodrigo Duterte at the end of next...